Editor's view

Over the past ten days, the Government has issued three major documents, all of which are likely to cause controversy and unease across the sector. First up came the action plan for implementing the ten-year childcare strategy (see News, p4, and our At-a-glance guide, p24). Much of what is in the document isn't new, but it does spring some surprises, among them the announcement that the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) will be based around the Foundation Stage areas of learning. More detail will, of course, come with the EYFS consultation, due in May, but some early years experts who...