Early years practitioners are eagerly awaiting the final publication of the revised Early Years Foundation Stage, which the DfE has promised will be available by April 2012. The new document will be the culmination of lengthy consultations, calls for evidence and debates about how best to structure and support the learning and development of children from birth to five.
It also coincides with the declaration of a Government policy that keeps the now renamed 'Foundation Years' at the heart of their intentions.
The most recent DfE response, published in December, provides a number of reassurances - about the definition of 'school readiness', the 'simplification' of the assessment process and the reduction in bureaucracy and paperwork. It also provides an additional opportunity to comment on the further revisions to the early learning goals (ELGs), having taken into account the views expressed in the consultation and maintaining the commitment to 'reduce' the number of ELGs from 69 to 17.
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