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Reception Baseline on hold until September 2021

Thursday, June 25, 2020

| Nursery World

The Reception Baseline has been postponed for a year to autumn 2021 due to the ‘challenging circumstances’ schools face with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government has announced, in a move welcomed by campaigners.

Coronavirus: experts advise on practicalities, protection and pedagogy for wider opening of nurseries

News

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

| Nursery World

As nursery owners in England gear up to reopen from 1 June, an online conference run by Famly, with Nursery World as media partner, has pulled together expert advice on key questions.

DfE keeping Reception Baseline for September under review

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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

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Controversial plans to test four-year-olds in English and maths when they start school in September are ‘under regular review’ by the Department for Education, in light of the disruption caused by the coronavirus crisis.

Coronavirus: EYFS requirements and ratios to be relaxed

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Thursday, April 16, 2020

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Early years settings will no longer be required to meet the learning and development requirements of the EYFS or staff:child ratios, in temporary measures to be put in place during the coronavirus outbreak.

Renewed call for early years curriculum to be extended up to seven

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

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Play and well-being must be at the centre of young children's development and learning after the coronavirus crisis, when children return to early years settings and school, say campaigners.

International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study: Why some children are running to catch up

News

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

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What can we learn from the OECD’s International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study? Dr Martina Street explains criticisms of the research, findings, and what future studies should focus on

Using smartphones and tablets helps to develop early literacy

News

Friday, March 13, 2020

| Nursery World

An OECD study has found a link between five-year-olds’ use of digital devices and early literacy and working memory.

Reception baseline: 'children scared of getting it wrong', say teachers

News

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

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Teachers have reiterated a call for the Reception baseline to be scrapped, after a survey found that many believe it harms children and is not an accurate assessment.

Reception baseline provides 'accurate' assessment for children's progress

News

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has released new research claiming the Reception Baseline Assessment provides an accurate starting point for measuring children’s progress.

Call for rethink on draft EYFS review

News

Monday, January 20, 2020

| Nursery World

A survey of 3,000 practitioners from across the early years sector has found ‘extensive support’ for keeping the EYFS in its current form.

Schools asked to be 'early adopters' of revised Early Learning Goals

News

Monday, January 20, 2020

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has written to schools to invite them to adopt the revised Early Learning Goals from September, a year before they are due to become statutory.

EYFS consultation: Question of responsibility

Opinion

Monday, January 6, 2020

| Nursery World

Making ‘positive attachments’ to adults and ‘forming friendships with peers’ should not be part of the Early Learning Goals for children, says early years expert Anne O'Connor

Editor’s view - A puzzling situation

Opinion

Monday, November 25, 2019

| Nursery World

As the election draws near, policy on funding, training and revisions to the EYFS don’t make much sense

Boris Johnson would know more if he knew eight nursery rhymes by heart

Opinion

Friday, November 22, 2019

| Nursery World

Seeing Boris Johnson painfully mumble his way through The Wheels on the Bus while on the campaign trail, was a catalyst for many to lament that teaching children nursery rhymes had fallen out of fashion.

Practitioners must speak out about the failings of proposed ELGs

Opinion

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

| Nursery World

Early years consultant Helen Moylett is urging early years staff to make clear in the revised EYFS consultation the 'failings' of the proposed ELG for communication and language.

Teachers unsure if new Early Learning Goals will prepare children for KS1

News

Friday, October 25, 2019

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Schools that piloted the revised EYFS Profile thought the new Early Learning Goals (ELG) were clearer, but were unsure as to whether they would better prepare children for the next stage of their education.

Foundation Stage Profile shows inequality gap continues to widen

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Thursday, October 17, 2019

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Children’s overall development at the end of Reception continues to improve but the gap between the lowest performing children and their peers continues to widen, results from the latest Early Years Foundation Stage Profile reveal.

Proposed EYFS changes ‘not supported by evidence’

News

Monday, September 16, 2019

| Nursery World

New research reveals there is little support among the sector or evidence for making extensive changes to the current Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework.

Campaigners dismiss DfE Baseline research

News

Monday, September 16, 2019

| Nursery World

Campaigners calling for the Reception Baseline Assessment to be scrapped have dismissed DfE research, which claims to show a clear link between children’s test results at the age of four and Key Stage 1 scores.

DfE analysis shows Reception baseline link to KS1 scores

News

Friday, September 6, 2019

| Nursery World

New research shows that the Reception baseline is an appropriate starting point for measuring progress, the Government claims today.

Most primary heads 'negative' about introduction of Reception baseline

News

Monday, September 2, 2019

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Most primary school heads are highly critical about the Government's plans to bring in the Reception Baseline Assessment, a survey suggests, as a national pilot of the test gets underway.

Development Matters revised for new EYFS

News

Monday, July 22, 2019

| Nursery World

The curriculum guidance for the revised EYFS is currently being developed, including an update of the non-statutory Development Matters, which is being rewritten as part of the reforms.

DfE confirms timetable for revised Early Years Foundation Stage

News

Monday, July 8, 2019

| Nursery World

Schools will be able to adopt the revised early years goals in the EYFS a year before early years settings from September 2020.

EYFS best practice in schools: Baseline – Know better?

Features

Monday, July 8, 2019

| Nursery World

The new baseline assessment programme is being trialled by schools from September. Charlotte Goddard examines what it involves and the concerns surrounding it

Sector unites ahead of Government consultation on EYFS

News

Friday, May 24, 2019

| Nursery World

A new early years coalition has launched a survey for practitioners and leaders, amid widespread concern about the Government’s planned changes for the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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Reception Baseline on hold until September 2021

Coronavirus: experts advise on practicalities, protection and pedagogy for wider opening of nurseries

DfE keeping Reception Baseline for September under review

Coronavirus: EYFS requirements and ratios to be relaxed

Renewed call for early years curriculum to be extended up to seven

International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study: Why some children are running to catch up

Using smartphones and tablets helps to develop early literacy

Reception baseline: 'children scared of getting it wrong', say teachers

Reception baseline provides 'accurate' assessment for children's progress

Call for rethink on draft EYFS review

Schools asked to be 'early adopters' of revised Early Learning Goals

EYFS consultation: Question of responsibility

Editor’s view - A puzzling situation

Boris Johnson would know more if he knew eight nursery rhymes by heart

Practitioners must speak out about the failings of proposed ELGs

Teachers unsure if new Early Learning Goals will prepare children for KS1

Foundation Stage Profile shows inequality gap continues to widen

Proposed EYFS changes ‘not supported by evidence’

Campaigners dismiss DfE Baseline research

DfE analysis shows Reception baseline link to KS1 scores

Most primary heads 'negative' about introduction of Reception baseline

Development Matters revised for new EYFS

DfE confirms timetable for revised Early Years Foundation Stage

EYFS best practice in schools: Baseline – Know better?

Sector unites ahead of Government consultation on EYFS

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