What is the EYFS?
It is the statutory framework for all early years providers in England, but it is held in high regard worldwide. The Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage sets the standards that all early years providers must meet. Early years providers in England who provide care and learning for children from birth to the end of reception class must comply with the EYFS Statutory Framework. Ofsted regulate and inspect all early years providers against the safeguarding and welfare requirements and areas of learning to determine how well children are kept safe and healthy, (please find our Safeguarding Policy in the policy section of this Website).
What is changing?
From September 2025 a revised EYFS will come into force. The key messages about the reforms include:
✓ Reducing practitioner/teacher workload and needless paperwork to allow for more quality time and interactions with the children
✓ Improving the outcomes of all children and addressing/reducing the disadvantage gaps
✓ The importance of workforce knowledge and professional development to inform assessments. Reflect upon the need to assess every child’s development against ‘check lists’, saving formal steps of assessment for when they are necessary
Making early learning goals clearer and more aligned to Y1 curriculum.
What do the changes mean to me as a parent/carer?
The safety of your child and the quality of the education provided will not change. You may not see any changes in terms of the activities and opportunities on offer to your child/ren. However, you may notice that we are not physically recording as many observations and assessments of progress. Please be reassured that we will still be supporting your child’s development and responding to their interests. We will be using our professional judgements to assess your child’s development during our daily interactions and activities. We shall still be completing termly reviews for your understand your child’s development. The progress check at 2 years is still a mandatory assessment point and we will still share your child’s development and progress with you. Please let us know when your child has there 2-year check with the health visitor so we can the report ready for you to share with the health visitor.
Our curriculum
The 7 areas of learning and development within the EYFS have not changed, these are:
•Communication and language
•Physical development
•Personal, social and emotional development
•Literacy
•Mathematics
•Understanding the world
•Expressive arts and design
The prime areas of learning form the essential foundations for healthy development and future learning. Once a solid start has formed within the prime areas we continue to build upon these skills, opening to explore more learning opportunities within the specific areas of learning.
These 7 areas are the basis for our curriculum. Careful thought is given to inform our enabling environments (indoors and outdoors), to provide resources, activities and learning opportunities to meet each child’s unique requirements. Ofsted call this ‘curriculum’. Our curriculum is very flexible and responsive to follow children’s interests and those totally unplanned learning opportunities that sometimes come out of the blue, such as it unexpectedly snowing, etc!
Young children learn through play. The EYFS refers to the Characteristics of Effective Learning. These are:
•Playing and exploring
•Active learning
•Creating and thinking critically
Every EYFS provider has their own bespoke curriculum, to support each child’s unique developmental pathway, following their interests and fascinations.
Please follow the link below to see the New EYFS Statutory Framework
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687105a381dd8f70f5de3ea9/EYFS_framework_for_group_and_school_based_providers_.pdf
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