Do I have a right to ask primary school to see the formal assessment passed on from the nursery for my child?

[Chaotica]

That's all I want to know, really.

Thanks.

(I presume I do under the freedom of information act, but I'd be grateful if someone could clarify it.)

Did the nursery not share any information with you when your child left?
There is no guarantee they have passed on any information to the school I'm afraid

It comes under the data protection act ... you have rights as a data subject to see data about you. The freedom of information act is to do with your right of access to information held by public bodies but expressly excludes information which could be subject to a DPA request or where release of same would infringe your rights under the DPA (which would clearly be the case here).

I know from the nursery that they have passed on the info to the school. I also know that they have not kept a copy of it themselves (and so can't show it to me themselves).

I want to see it as I want documentary evidence of what the nursery have told me in conversation. This is because DD has been assessed as having skills on the EYFS scale at the level of a 2-3 year old and is being treated as such. The nursery, my experience, and that of my CM is that she is performing in some areas far in advance of what would be expected in Reception. (Not all - I'm quite aware she needs to be in reception. This is not a pfb complaint.)

Thanks missedith01. x posted with your answer.

The nursery are supposed to keep a copy for three years after the child has left by law

Thanks, mrz. I'll make further enquiries.

I've actually been in the position in reverse as the reception teacher receiving a child functioning below 2 years with the nursery saying they had no records. Amazingly they suddenly found them when they were reminded or the law.

My sons preschool said they were passing on his foundation stagecprofile to the primary school nursery he was attending. As they never actually asked me where he was going and I gave them the info anyway I doubt the did pass it on. I asked in the nursery and they weren't sure then they said they would have started their own anyway. I felt sorry for his poor keyeorker who spent the time filling it in!

You do realise that the school will be doing their own assessments based on Early Learning Goals. I am not sure what you are after with regards to those records. Is the Reception teacher saying she is not funcctioning as high as you were told she is. I know, from experience, that some Nursery assessments to the ELG are not accurate and reassessment in REception is has to occur.

Sorry MM5 that isn't how it works.
Reception teachers receive information from previous settings (sometimes) and use them as an initial "introduction" to the child.
Most children will arrive in reception already achieving points on the profile which they may not demonstrate until they settled. Most schools use information from parents and previous settings in their baseline for this reason.

At this stage in the year many children won't be working on ELGs (the first three points on the profile are from the old stepping stones - pre ELGs)