A number of constituents have contacted me as part of a
campaign called ‘Cancel Reception Baseline Assessment in 2020/21’.
I appreciate people taking the time to write to me as part
of this campaign.
Baseline assessments are vital to ensure schools are able to
assess the level at which children begin school to enable them to provide the
right level of education in the early years to ensure they get the very best
start to school life.
As such what is proposed is something I cannot support.
As many young children will have now been at home for at
least three months now with their parents in some circumstances being able to
give them more time, I would, in fact expect children entering school this
autumn to have an advantage compared to previous years.
