In a letter to Mr Gibb, Labour's Ms Greenwood says that there can be no justification for baseline assessment of four-year-olds that creates stress and anxiety for children, and that this is particularly important in the current circumstances.
‘Settling children into school during their first few weeks is immensely important at any time and it makes no sense to disrupt that with the RBA; this year this will be all the more important.
‘Many children due to attend Reception class in the autumn may have experienced severe psychological trauma as a result of the coronavirus pandemic; some will have lost parents, grandparents or other family members, while others will have simply struggled, like millions of others across the UK, with living in lockdown, unable to play with their friends.
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