Guidance

Reception baseline assessment: information for parents

Information for parents about the reception baseline assessment (RBA).

• From: Standards and Testing Agency
• Published: 21 July 2021
• Last updated: 15 September 2025
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  1. 15 September 2025

     Minor formatting updates

  2. 2 June 2025

     Updated information for parents with children starting reception in the academic year 2025 to 2026.

  3. 2 September 2024

     Updated images, removed outdated content and added accessible online version for the academic year 2024 to 2025.

  4. 4 September 2023

     Updated for the academic year 2023 to 2024

  5. 16 May 2022

     Minor amends to document to remove the reference to ‘new’ assessment.

  6. 21 July 2021

     First published.

Documents

Reception baseline assessment: information for parents

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Reception baseline assessment: information for parents (leaflet)

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78957-946-8, STA/26/9097/e

PDF, 577 KB, 4 pages

Details

This information is for schools to share with parents when explaining what the RBA is. It includes information about:

• why schools are doing the assessment
• what happens during the assessment
• access arrangements
• how the data is used