Assessment 

Assessment plays an important part in helping parents, carers, teachers and other adults to recognise children’s progress, understand their needs, and to plan activities and support. Ongoing assessment is an important part of what we do. We continually make observations about each child's learning and developmen  and use these observations  to identify learning priorities and plan relevant learning experiences for each child.

The EYFS curriculum consists of 17 goals for learning or 'Early Learning Goals'. We use these to make final assessments on your child's learning and development at the end of the Reception Year.

To find out more about the Early Learning Goals click the link below.

• Early Years Framework 

Teachers indicate whether children are meeting expected levels of development:

• Emerging - not yet reaching expected levels of development for age
• Expected - reached expected levels of development for age 

These judgements are shared with parents in the annual report and Year 1 teachers during transition meetings between Reception and Year 1 teachers. They are used to assist with the planning of learning at the start of Year 1.