The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) consultation is continuing to cause controversy within the sector for being ‘school driven’, despite the Government apparently listening and attempting to make the educational programmes and Early Learning Goals (ELGs) more developmentally appropriate since the pilot.
The aims of the review, the first since 2011, are to:
Early years consultant Jan Dubiel welcomes the review. He believes that while the EYFS is ‘revered around the world’, it should not be static and should be changed as we understand more about pedagogy, neuroscience and how children learn. However, many within the sector are critical of how the Government is going about the process of change.
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