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Foundation Stage Achievement Record

The Foundation Stage Achievement Records are available from the Teaching and Learning Resources page.

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Foundation Stage Achievement Record

Foundation Stage Achievement Records are available from the Teaching and Learning Resources page.

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What Happens to the Assessment Results?

Profiles inform you and the teachers about the progress of your child

The completed profiles will be used to inform you and the Year 1 teachers about the progress of your child.

The assessment information will be shared in reports and discussed at meetings arranged in school.

The final summary of children’s results will be collected annually by the DfES and will be used to provide information for the school so we can compare our results with other schools nationally.

For more information, ask the staff at school or visit the Foundation Stage Homepage or:

Weblink: www.parentcentre.gov.uk

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Foundation Stage Assessment

Information for Parents

'Parents have a unique knowledge of aspects of their child’s development, which is central to the assessment process. An essential feature of parental involvement is an ongoing dialogue, which is based on one of the key principles of the Foundation Stage.

Parents and practitioners should work together in an atmosphere of mutual respect within which the child can have security and confidence.' - Foundation Stage Profile Handbook

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What is the Foundation Stage Assessment Profile?

The Foundation Stage Assessment Profile is a way of summing up each child’s progress and learning needs at the end of the Foundation Stage. For most children this is at the end of the reception year in primary or infant school.

Although the school must summarise each child’s achievements at the end of the Foundation stage, the assessment is based on practitioners’ ongoing observations and assessments in six areas of learning over time. These areas of learning are:

Personal, social and emotional development (the child’s ability to work, play and co-operate with others),
Communication, language and literacy (listening, speaking, early reading and early writing skills),
Mathematical development (the understanding of number, calculating, shape, space, measures and mathematical language),
Knowledge and understanding of the world (investigations, designing and making, Information Technology, cultures and beliefs),
Physical development (movement, sense of space, health and bodily awareness, the use of tools and equipment),
Creative development (exploring media and materials, music, using the imagination, responding to experiences and communicating ideas).

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Why is the school using the Foundation Stage Assessment Profile?

Early Years Foundation Stage Parent's Booklet

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The assessment is statutory and this means that it is a legal requirement for schools to assess all children in relation to the Foundation Stage Profile.
It is part of the ongoing assessment process that occurs throughout a child’s life in school.
As the profiles are completed, the staff will arrange time to discuss your child’s progress. This will help you to find out how you can work with your child at home supporting his/her learning.
An important feature of the Foundation Stage Assessment is the ongoing dialogue between parents/carers and staff.

The assessment helps us to find out what your child knows, understands and can do, so that we can help him/her to develop according to their learning needs.

We can also use this information to monitor the progress of all children to make sure that they are making progress in the six areas of learning.

The information above is available to download as a Microsoft Word Document, simply by clicking the title of the document within the panel below.

The information can then be saved to your computer or printed.

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