The report, The Early Years: Foundations for life, health and learning, calls for a slimmed down EYFS, with the 69 early learning goals reduced to 17 and a focus on three ‘prime’ areas of learning: communication and language, personal social and emotional development, and physical development.
Early years practitioners will also carry out a check on children’s development between the ages of two and three-years-old to ensure that children who are at risk of developmental delay or special educational needs get support as early as possible.
Early years and childcare organisations said they were pleased that Dame Clare had listened to the views of the sector.
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