EYFS: Development Matters updated following early adopter trial
A revised version of Development Matters has been published by the Department for Education this...
Review of The Early Years Foundation Stage
News, views and advice as the Government reviews the Early Years Foundation Stage.
Birth to 5 Matters experts hit back at criticism of guidance's stance on anti-racism by Conservative MPs
The group that developed Birth to 5 Matters has responded to criticisms by Tory MPs about the use of...
DfE confirms revised EYFS and Reception Baseline statutory from September
The Department for Education has today (31 March) confirmed that the landmark reforms to the Early...
Birth to 5 Matters EYFS guidance to launch this month
‘Birth to 5 Matters – Guidance by the sector, for the sector’ is on track to be launched later this...
Practitioners want play and characteristics of effective learning in alternative EYFS guidance
Play and the Characteristics of Effective Learning (CoEL) should be given more emphasis in...
Early years sector coalition launches survey to develop alternative EYFS guidance
Early years practitioners are being urged to have their say on the development of alternative...
Revised EYFS: more curriculum guidance to be launched soon
More curriculum guidance will be published shortly to support practitioners in understanding the...
Early years coalition criticises lack of consultation over revised Development Matters and plans own guidance
A coalition of early years organisations has slammed the Department for Education for failing to...
DfE publishes Development Matters curriculum guidance, as early adopter schools start updated EYFS
The Department for Education has published revised curriculum guidance ahead of the implementation...
EXCLUSIVE: Children’s minister defends coronavirus crisis funding for early years
In an interview with Nursery World, Vicky Ford, the minister for children and families, has defended...
Row breaks out between critics of the revised early years curriculum and DfE
The dispute between a group of early years experts and teachers and the Department for Education...
Holiday and out-of-school clubs to open from 4 July
Holiday clubs and wraparound provision will be allowed to reopen from 4 July.
Schools asked to be 'early adopters' of revised Early Learning Goals
The Department for Education has written to schools to invite them to adopt the revised Early...
EYFS reforms: New and improved?
Let’s not have change in the EYFS for change’s sake, says Beatrice Merrick
EYFS consultation: Question of responsibility
Making ‘positive attachments’ to adults and ‘forming friendships with peers’ should not be part of...
EYFS consultation - Solving the EYFS puzzle
With many believing the EYFS does not need a wholesale review, and the pilot receiving a mixed...
EYFS plans for Maths 'too narrow and rigid'
EYFS consultation proposals for Mathematics are narrowing the subject and disregarding the thinking...
Practitioners must speak out about the failings of proposed ELGs
Early years consultant Helen Moylett is urging early years staff to make clear in the revised EYFS...
EYFS revisions ‘muddled’ and ‘inappropriate’
Early years experts have criticised the latest EYFS revisions, saying the proposed educational...
EYFS consultation proposals don't go far enough
The Government consultation on the EYFS incorporates changes to both the educational programmes and...
Teachers unsure if new Early Learning Goals will prepare children for KS1
Schools that piloted the revised EYFS Profile thought the new Early Learning Goals (ELG) were...
Consultation on revised EYFS launches
The Department for Education has today launched a consultation on proposed changes to the Early...
Proposed EYFS changes ‘not supported by evidence’
New research reveals there is little support among the sector or evidence for making extensive...
Time to look and listen, Minister
Wendy Scott OBE, President of TACTYC, calls on the minister now in charge of early years, Nick Gibb,...
Sector unites ahead of Government consultation on EYFS
A new early years coalition has launched a survey for practitioners and leaders, amid widespread...
EYFS training: Part 3 – Observation, assessment and planning - Good looking
How should practitioners best be observing children, assessing progress and letting this knowledge...
Changes to Early Learning Goals 'criminal' says early years expert
Children are being steered towards pleasing teachers over developing a genuine love of learning...
Physical development training - Time for action
In the first of a two-part series, Dr Lala Manners looks at physical development from a training...
Revised Early Years Foundation Stage - Area of concern
The original EYFS was a result of extensive consultation with appropriate experts and research, but...
Editor’s view - Goal difference
The secretive nature of the revision of the Early Learning Goals, not to mention the end result,...
Early years experts weigh up the revised ELGs
Now that the revised Early Learning Goals are finally out, we asked an expert in each area of...
Call for major overhaul of ELGs with early years experts
Early Education says that the Government’s revision of the Early Learning Goals has far wider...
Thousands call for halt to early learning goals review
A petition calling for the review of the early learning goals to be put on hold has received over...
Early Learning Goals group ‘unrepresentative’
The Department for Education has come under fire after a Freedom of Information request revealed...
Digital Technology: Take control
Technology – especially the kind that involves screens – always divides opinion when it comes to...
Curriculum: Broad minded
It is time to reflect on a broad and balanced early years curriculum, and a revised EYFS should...
All about… EYFS documents
While many are calling for EYFS guidance to be updated, others believe now is not the right time to...
New baseline check for Reception and revised early learning goals
Education secretary Justine Greening has confirmed that there will be a new baseline measure brought...
A Physical blow
Relegating the Chief Medical Officers' physical activity guidelines to a footnote in the revised...
Revised EYFS updates Level 3 and first aid rules
The DfE has published the revised Early Years Foundation Stage framework to incorporate the new...
Teachers to use EYFS Profile in next academic year
The Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) will remain statutory for 2016-17, the Standards &...
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