I hope you all had a wonderful summer.

I firstly want to celebrate how well your children have settled into Reception already! Starting ‘big school’ can be a super daunting experience and yesterday they all did so well!!

Once your child is completely settled into their new classroom environment, they will be participating in the Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA). This will be completed within the first 6 weeks of starting Reception. The purpose of the assessment is to provide the starting point for a progress measure that will help parents understand how well schools support their pupils to progress between Reception and Year 6.

The RBA is a short interactive and practical assessment of your child’s early literacy, communication, language and mathematics skills. The RBA is not about judging or labelling your child or putting them under any pressure at all, in fact, they usually just think it is a fun game they get to play with their teacher! Your child cannot ‘pass’ or ‘fail’ the assessment. It will provide their teachers with a helpful snapshot of where your child is when they start Reception, so they can be supported in the most appropriate way.

For more information about the Reception Baseline Assessment please find the attached leaflet or come and speak to us!