EYFS reforms: New and improved?
Let’s not have change in the EYFS for change’s sake, says Beatrice Merrick

There are just days left to respond to DfE’s consultation on the revisions to the EYFS, closing on 31 January. If you have time to spare, I’d encourage you to read Early Education’s response and related documents including the findings of the recent literature review commissioned by the coalition of early years sector organisations which set out the current evidence base, and the findings of our survey of practitioners. Both the research and practitioners tell us that changes to the EYFS are neither needed nor wanted to achieve the Government’s goals of improving language and communication skills and reducing workload. 

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