Settings from across the sector need to respond to a new questionnaire about the Early Years Foundation Stage if a balanced picture of provision is to emerge, say early years experts.
Launched by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) last week, the Early Years Foundation Stage Questionnaire aims to assess how well the new framework has been implemented and to identify its 'challenges, issues, strengths and possibilities'.
The information gathered will inform a QCA report to the Department for Children, Schools and Families and will form, says EYFS programme manager at the QCA, Jan Dubiel, 'a significant part of the evidence'.
The report will be published later in the year, ahead of the Government's planned review of the EYFS in 2010.
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