'Early years outcomes’ provides a breakdown describing typical behaviour mapped to a child’s age/stage linked to each Early Learning Goal.
However, the text is taken directly from ‘Development Matters’, the non-statutory guidance that was commissioned by the Department for Education and published by Early Education, but limited only to 'ages and stages'.
The document is likely to replace DM, which has been removed from Ofsted’s inspection guidance, for use by inspectors. DM has also now been removed from the gov.uk website, where it was put online after being removed from the DfE website earlier in the summer.
DM was intended to be used for guidance on everyday practice and ‘how’ children learn, as part of observation, assessment and planning, as well as for summative judgements at various points in the EYFS.
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