Nursery World - DfE invites proposals for Reception Baseline Assessments

The Department for Education (DfE) is inviting proposals from
organisations to design and deliver Reception Baseline Assessments to
schools from September 2015.

Worth a total of £2 million to £4.2 million, contracts will be awarded to organisations or consortia of organisations whose assessment meets the minimum baseline criteria and provides value for money.

The new baseline check will be used to assess children starting Reception class in September 2016 and beyond. However, schools can introduce the assessments from next year.

Primary schools will be able to choose which assessment to use from the list of providers awarded contracts by the DfE.

A limit has not been set on the number of providers that will be offered an initial 19-month contract, in order to increase choice for schools. The amount that organisations will be awarded is dependent on the number of successful bids.

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