Nursery World - EYFS Best Practice in Schools

The approach to teaching literacy and maths in Reception is a key concern of teachers and EYFS leaders, explains Jan Dubiel, one of the authors of the recently published Hundred Review

This year, Early Excellence carried out a review of Reception (YR), documenting the findings in The Hundred Review.(1)

The review was partly in response to growing concerns among YR teachers and EYFS leaders about the quality of practice in Reception, and partly in response to the Teaching Schools Council’s report, Effective Primary Teaching Practice.(2) Published at the end of 2016, this report provoked much debate within the EYFS community due to some of its controversial conclusions about ‘best practice’ in YR.

The Hundred Reviewcomprised an online survey, which received more than 4,000 responses, a series of national focus groups, visits to 44 schools and an academic review of what research tells us about pedagogical practice and outcomes in YR.

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