Margaret Edgington's open letter to Beverley Hughes (28 May) is music to my ears. The issues raised are ones that people across the country have been battling with pre-EYFS. The stifling methods that so many local authorities have imposed in terms of recording and labelling children's progress appear to be far from the 'rights of the child' to enjoy playing in a caring, supported and well-organised environment in which the adults have time to be immersed in play and be the 'main and most important resource' in a child's learning and development.
A key issue for authorities is having consistency for measuring settings. This does not work for the children or their carers, as individuality is often lost. The role of the EYP as an 'agent of change' is continually challenged as altering, for example, an approach to assessment and recording is often stymied in case it doesn't fit in with the local authority requirements.
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