Early Years Foundation Stage Profile

The Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) is a statutory assessment. It provides a snapshot of where pupils are when they arrive at school. It will provide a starting point to measure the progress schools make with their pupils between reception and the end of primary school.

The Early Learning Goals (ELGs) are the goals or targets for children to achieve at the end of their reception year. They will be working towards these goals throughout the EYFS.

At the end of the reception year, practitioners are required to make a ‘best fit’ judgement for each child, relating to each Early Learning Goal. For each ELG, practitioners must judge whether a child is meeting the level of development expected at the end of the Reception year. This summary of attainment is called The Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP).

The Phonics Screening Check is designed to show how well your child can use the phonics skills they’ve learned up to the end of Year 1, and to identify students who need extra phonics help. The Department for Education defines the checks as “short, light-touch assessments” that take about four to nine minutes to complete.

End of Key Stage 1 SATs (Year 2)

SATs are just one aspect of the KS1 assessment process. Your child's teacher will be taking all their work in Years 1 and 2 into consideration in order to build a full, accurate picture of how well your child is doing in Maths, English reading, English writing and science. 

The purpose of the MTC is to determine whether pupils can recall their times tables fluently, which is essential for future success in mathematics. It will help schools to identify pupils who have not yet mastered their timetables, so that additional support can be provided.

End of Key Stage 2 SATs (Year 6)

Children in year 6 take the Key Stage 2 SATs tests in May. These are much more formal than those taken at the end of year 2, and are held on the same dates across the country under exam conditions. There are a number of elements to the KS2 SATS tests, including English reading, maths and spelling, punctuation and grammar.