Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 71428

Primary Education: Assessments

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Nadia Whittome

LabourNottingham East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of using tablets for the Reception Baseline Assessment on children's (a) cognitive and (b) social development; and what guidance her Department ha

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The digital elements of the reception baseline assessment (RBA) have been in development since 2019 and subject to extensive trials with teachers and pupils, using the Standards and Testing Agency’s internationally recognised assessment development approa...

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