These DfE funded professional development workshops are the first part of the DfE’s three-part support package for Reception assessment across 2026-2027 focussed on raising achievement and giving every child the Best Start in Life. This Autumn Reception Assessment workshops support confidence and best practice in formative assessment and its role in facilitating progress towards a good level of development.

The session:

• includes opportunity for reflection, professional dialogue and action planning,
• builds a shared understanding of children’s development for learning in reception,
• promotes the importance of using formative assessment to inform planning and adapting teaching and provision.

We strongly encourage any school who has not been to one of the face-to-face sessions to attend this online session.