EYFS protests fail to bring change

By Melanie Defries, Nursery World, 28 May 2008

No changes will be made to the EYFS framework before 2010, despite widespread concern that some learning goals are unrealistic, children's minister Beverley Hughes has declared.

Ms Hughes' comments came in response to a letter sent in March by the British Association of Early Childhood Education, which said that some of the 69 targets had been set 'developmentally too high' and that the staff ratios for reception classes are inadequate and inconsistent with the rest of the EYFS. It also called for clearer definition of the role of Early Years Professional Status and its relationship to Qualified Teacher Status. But...

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