The early years sector has reacted to the resignation of Lesley Staggs from her prestigious post as national director of the Foundation Stage with shock, sorrow and anxiety about the future.
As the news spread, early years specialists from practitioners to academics united to pay tribute to the enormous contribution she made in the development of the Foundation Stage and its emphasis on learning through play.
The loss of her steady hand at the early years helm will be keenly felt as the sector is in choppy waters with the Rose Review on the teaching of early reading, the development of the Early Years Foundation Stage and the reviews of the literacy and numeracy strategies.
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