Nursery World - Baseline assessment confirmed for reception children

Children will be assessed using a baseline check when they start Reception, and the EYFS Profile will no longer be compulsory, the Department for Education has confirmed.

However, schools will be able to opt out of the baseline check and instead be judged on whether children's attainment meets a minimum 'floor standard' at the end of Key Stage 2. This is being set at 85 per cent of children reaching the required standard for reading, writing and mathematics. The current level is 65 per cent.

The 'baseline' will be used to assess children starting Reception in September 2016 and beyond, but schools will be able to introduce the assessments from September 2015. For schools that do not use the baseline assessment in 2015, progress will only be measured from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2.

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