Assessment Guidance

Overview of assessment guidance

Early years assessment is about knowing each child well as an individual, and evaluating their progress using the learning statements in the curriculum.

This section of the Teaching Support will help you to understand the assessment approaches recommended for Cambridge Early Years.

Infographic to explain the Discover, Decide, Do; then Record and Report approach to assessment

This section should help you to think about the purposes for, and ways of, developing and maintaining a plan for continuous assessment within your setting. It provides guidance in the following areas:

Overview of early years assessment
Continuous assessment
Observation for assessment
Assessing children at the beginning and end of the year
Recording progress digitally
Case studies to exemplify the assessment approaches

You can also download a printable version of the Assessment guidance.