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The RBA has been a statutory assessment since 2021. All reception pupils must take it if they attend a:

The RBA is an age-appropriate assessment, made up of 2 components assessing:

Schools must administer the RBA within the first 6 weeks of a pupil starting reception.

The assessment is interactive and pupils will respond to questions:

The Department for Education (DfE) will use RBA data to create school-level progress measures for primary schools, which will show the progress schools make with their pupils from reception

until the end of key stage 2 (KS2).

DfE will publish these measures for all-through primary schools in the summer of 2028 for the first time. This will be when those pupils who entered reception in the academic year 2021 to

2022 reach the end of KS2.

From the start of the academic year 2025 to 2026, schools will need to use our new assessment services via DfE Sign-in to administer the RBA.

The 2 new assessment services will be available for schools to access from Monday 2 June 2025. We will provide more information on how to access them in the 2025 RBA administration guidance.

Schools will also need a minimum of 2 devices to administer the RBA:

These changes support accessibility and align with developments in classroom practice. You can find more information about the changes and important dates for the academic year in the 2025

RBA assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA).

For further support and help to answer any questions you might have, you can:

If you are still unable to find an answer to your question, you can contact the national curriculum assessments helpline on 0300 303 3013, selecting the option for RBA.