The Reception Baseline Assessment is a statutory assessment providing a snapshot of where pupils are when they arrive in the Reception year. 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:

• www.gov.uk/guidance/reception-baseline-assessment

Schools will need to login to the NFER Reception Baseline portal (link here) and upload their reception pupil data via CTF file. For instructions on how to create a basic CTF file please follow the steps below:

• In SIMS go to Routines > Data Out > CTF > Export CTF and select ‘General‘.

• Untick all boxes except Student Basic Details

• Click on the ‘Year Group’ column and select Year R

• For each Reception pupil select the destination school as your own school

• Click Export CTF