- Q: What has been your experience so far of following the principles of the EYFS in reception?
'I think that the EYFS is by far the best curriculum for young children that I have worked with since I started teaching more than 30 years ago. I find that you can get so much more out of the children; we are already seeing better outcomes, and the results that we are getting at the end of Key Stage 1 are proof that the early years curriculum is really working.'
'At my school we are able to work well using the principles of the EYFS. We have a strong leadership team, there are 90 children in reception and we have open-plan classrooms with five teachers and four full-time teaching assistants.'
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