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Information about the reception baseline assessment (RBA) for schools.
This page summarises future assessment dates in primary schools, to assist schools with their forward planning.
The English national curriculum means children in different schools (at primary and secondary level) study the same subjects to similar standards - it's split into key stages with tests
The ‘basic’ school curriculum includes the ‘national curriculum’, as well…
Compulsory national curriculum subjects at primary school are: English…
Key stage 3 Compulsory national curriculum subjects are: English maths…
Children might also need to study relationships, sex and health education,…
This guidance is designed to help schools ensure they have the correct devices required to deliver the 2025 reception baseline assessment (RBA).
An assessment for pupils in reception to measure their progress in primary schools from 2021.
Report looking at the association between progress in maths and English during the reception year, and earnings in later life.
Information about academy admissions and the role of the Department for Education (DfE).
Information on the validity evidence gathered during the development of the reception baseline assessment (RBA).
Information for assessing and reporting the reception baseline assessment (RBA) in the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
This leaflet is for schools to use with parents when explaining what the reception baseline assessment (RBA) is.
Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.
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How pupils participating in an optional reception year assessment in 2015 performed in their KS1 assessments in 2018.
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