Just 6 per cent of parents think that children should be tested in English and Maths within their first few weeks of school, according to new research, which also revealed that most parents surveyed ...

Many teachers remain opposed to the Reception Baseline Assessment, which became a legal requirement for those children who started school this September. By Catherine Gaunt Foxes Nursery at Woodlands ...

The government is claiming that controversial testing of reception-age children can help improve their attainment at the age of seven, despite widespread concerns about the validity of the assessments ...

The 20-minute assessment is supposed to be carried out within six weeks of the new term (Danny Lawson/PA) School leaders are calling on the Government to abandon its plans to assess four and five-year ...

The future of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) profile had been in doubt since the government announced in early 2016 plans to introduce a baseline assessment of all primary school pupils in ...

Plans to introduce a baseline assessment for Reception pupils are being delayed a year to September 2021. The Department for Education has written to all primary schools in England following ...