This year's Foundation Stage Profile results have been published, and - surprise, surprise - goals are not being met, and targets are not being achieved (see News, page 4). Young children are 'failing' to reach the required standard.
More pressure will be put on local authorities, who in turn will put more pressure on settings to work in sometimes inappropriate ways, counter to practice recommended in the EYFS.
It all just goes to prove that measuring something does not make it grow, and measuring the wrong things will not have positive results. If the Department for Children, Schools and Families scrapped the two controversial literacy goals that many experts feel are unrealistic for children in the EYFS, the FS Profile results would suddenly look a whole lot better!
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