The biggest improvements related to children's communication, languageand literacy, reasoning and thinking, and their interaction withstaff.
Researchers from the University of Oxford, the National Centre forSocial Research and the Institute of Education were commissioned by theprevious government to carry out the four-year study among private,voluntary and independent early years settings.
The 35 EYPs interviewed as part of the study said the EYFS acted as acatalyst for improvements, particularly in child-led learning andmeeting the needs of the individual child.
Researchers found that EYPs had the most influence on the quality ofpractice in their own rooms, rather than across the whole setting. Themore time that EYPs spent in rooms with children, the greater theirimpact on the quality of provision in that room.
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