Opinion: Editor's view

Nursery World, 31 July 2008

We can let inspiration take equal place alongside offical guidelines.

The Open Eye group has bolstered its campaign against the statutory nature of the Early Years Foundation Stage by enlisting the support of two renowned children's authors, Philip Pullman and Michael Morpurgo (see News, page 4). The inappropriate nature of some of the literacy goals for young children is a particular focus of the campaign's attention, and indeed has long attracted criticism from early years experts who otherwise welcome the EYFS and have no quarrel with its mandatory status. In the National Year of Reading, it is particularly important that...

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