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This guidance provides information for quality monitors about monitoring visits for the reception baseline assessment (RBA). It also contains instructions for completing the RBA quality monitoring visit form.

Quality monitoring visits will be carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), on behalf of the Standards and Testing Agency (STA). There will be no requirement for local authorities to undertake RBAquality monitoring visits.

All quality monitors will have qualified teacher status (QTS) and significant experience of working in schools, often in leadership roles. The vast majority will have experience in early years specifically.

This guidance covers information on:

• preparing for visits
• what visits must cover
• what to do when observing the assessment
• how to record information for each visit