Your essential guide to the EYFS PACK Part 1 - The statutoryframework

The Children's Act 2006 places on local authorities the duty to be 'market managers' of childcare in their area and to ensure that parents are offered consistent high-quality provision and information across all childcare services. The Act also outlines how the new regulatory framework for childcare providers, the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), will be the means by which services will be assessed. This subsequent guidance, published in May 2007, explains what childcare providers are expected to do. The programme for this new delivery also incorporates three previous guidance documents: - the National Standards for Daycare -...