Nursery World - EYFS consultation proposals don't go far enough

The Government consultation on the EYFS incorporates changes to both the educational programmes and the Early Learning Goals (ELGs), but these fall well short of early years experts' expectations for the framework.

Launched last week, the consultation follows an evaluation of a pilot of the proposed revised EYFS, which 24 schools participated in.

Changes have been made across the areas of learning, for example:

To help you make comparisons between the pilot and consultation versions of the EYFS, Nursery World has created a before-and-after guide which you can download below. Included are the educational programmes, ELGs and the Government's rationale for the changes.

Download the guide here

Early years adviser and consultant Jan Dubiel has urged early years practitioners to respond to the consultation in an informed way.

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