The revelations come in the same week that education minister Ruth Kelly launched an action plan on the ten-year childcare strategy, which included more details of the EYFS, the new framework for children from birth to five, in advance of a formal consultation next month.
When children's minister Beverley Hughes first announced the new title for the birth-to-five framework late last year (News, 10 November 2005), it was widely understood by the early years sector that the intention was to combine the existing key frameworks Birth to Three Matters and the Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage.
However, Nursery World has spoken to early years experts who have attended consultation events on the new framework in the past two weeks and they have voiced grave concerns about the suitability of the EYFS for babies and toddlers.
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