Here are just a handful of our stories, leading up to the publication of the revised framework at the end of March.
2008
The framework becomes statutory and is launched by Ed Balls, secretary of state for children, schools and families, at Fellowship House Children's Centre in Newham, London.
2009
The Early Years Foundation Stage should be extended to age six and Key Stage One should be abolished, says the final independent report from the Cambridge Primary Review.
2010
Children's minister Sarah Teather launches a review of the EYFS, to consider whether the framework is too bureaucratic and how to shift the focus on to getting children ready for education and on improving the attainment of those children who come from deprived backgrounds.
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