The statement sent in an email to primary school heads had been anticipated, given that following the axing of the Baseline, without the publication of a revised Early Years Foundation Stage, the Profile remains the statutory assessment at the end of the Reception year.
The Department for Education had intended the Profile to become non-statutory from September 2016 and for the Baseline to replace it.
The assessment update said, ‘Having carefully looked at the particular issues regarding the EYFSP and also in the context of overall changes to primary assessment, the EYFSP will now remain statutory for the 2016 to 2017 academic year.
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