Just 6 per cent of parents think that children should be tested in English and Maths within their first few weeks of school, according to new research, which also revealed that most parents surveyed ...

The reality of the Reception Baseline Assessment for children is very different from the Government's portrayal of it in an information leaflet for parents, argues Nancy Stewart The Government has ...

Almost 100,000 parents and professionals have called on the government to scrap formal assessments of four-and five-year-olds impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Tests could impact children's ...

The Government has postponed plans to assess four and five-year-old children in their first few weeks of school, amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The move comes after some school leaders said they were ...

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 ...