The Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) is a statutory assessment from September 2021 onwards. 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.
Full information about the reception baseline assessment and what it involves can be found here:
Information on the assessment for schools to give to parents can be found here:
Privacy notices for the reception baseline assessment
The privacy notice for staff involved in the RBA is available here:
The privacy notice for parents of Reception children is available here:
There is also a document to answer Frequently Asked Questions about data protection
and the RBA:
Frequently Asked Questions - Data Protection and the RBA
Privacy notices for the early adopter year
Due to COVID-19, the statutory roll out, due to take place from September 2020, was delayed. However, all schools with reception classes were invited to take part in the early adopter year in the autumn term of 2020. The assessment period for the early adopter year is now complete, but privacy notices relating to the early adopter year can be found here.
Privacy notice - Pupil data for early adopter year Privacy notice - Staff data for early adopter year