What is the Reception Baseline?

The Reception Baseline Assessment focuses on:

• language, communication and literacy
• mathematics

The RBA will be a short task-based assessment. Pupils will use practical resources to complete these tasks and teachers will record the results on a laptop, computer or tablet. It will not be used to label or track individual pupils. Schools will be required to carry out the assessment within the first 6 weeks of pupils starting reception. No numerical score will be shared and the data will only be used at the end of year 6 to form the school-level progress measure. However, teachers will receive a series of short, narrative statements that tell them how their pupils performed in the assessment. These can be used to inform teaching within the first term.

Where can I find further information about the Reception Baseline Assessments?

Further information regarding the Reception Baseline Assessment can be found by visiting the following

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/reception-baseline-assessment

https://www.theschoolrun.com/7-things-you-need-know-about-reception-baseline-assessment-rba