Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools undertook reception baseline assessment in the academic year 2016-17 with her Department's approved provider (a) Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring, Durham University, (b) Early Excellence, (c) GL Assessment and (d) National Foundation for Education Research.

The following numbers of schools undertook the reception baseline assessment in the 2016/17 academic year:

(a) Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring, Durham University: 913 schools;

(b) Early Excellence: 2,038 schools;

(c) GL Assessment: 33 schools; and

(d) National Foundation for Education Research: 917 schools.