Nursery World - EYFS will accommodate Steiner

Early years practitionres in Steiner schools have received reassurance from the Government that they will be able to continue their practice without being compromised by the Early Years Foundation Stage.

The Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship had requested that their schools and kindergartens be exempt from the learning and development section of the EYFS and asked for detailed explanation of how they could work within the EYFS if exemptions were not granted.

In her reply, children's minister Beverley Hughes said, 'The EYFS is designed as a flexible, play-based framework for early learning and care from birth to five. Practitioners of Steiner Waldorf educational philosophy will be able to work within the EYFS without compromising their educational principles, and no school or setting would be penalised by Ofsted simply for following any particular philosophy.'

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