In its response to a consultation on primary school assessment launched earlier this year, the government states that the baseline check will be used to track pupils' progress throughout primary school. It will be piloted during the 2019/20 academic year and then rolled out across England in autumn 2020.
The move means reception-age children will be subject to two tests, as the early years foundation stage profile check at the end of reception year will continue. However, the government has pledged to explore ways to reduce the burden on teachers.
Other primary assessment changes announced by the government include the scrapping of compulsory SATs for seven-year-olds. From 2023 these will become non-mandatory.
SATs for children aged 11 will still take place and from 2019/20 eight- and nine-year-olds will have to sit times tables tests to assess their maths skills.
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