A survey of 970 Reception teachers by the National Education Union (NEU) reveals that over 80 per cent disagree that the Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) provides accurate information about a child ...

The providers of the Reception baseline assessment have hit back at a report commissioned by two teaching unions, which claims that the baseline is inaccurate and potentially damaging to children.

A teachers’ union has criticised the Government’s decision to replace Key Stage 1 SATs with a new one-on-one assessment system for reception-age primary school pupils. The Reception Baseline ...

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 ...