The revised EYFS is not due for implementation until September 2021, but Nursery World understands that the Department for Education is planning to allow schools to adopt the reforms a year early in September 2020 on a voluntary basis.
The draft of the revised early learning goals has been piloted this year in a small sample of 25 schools and will finish at the end of this term.
A DfE spokesperson said, ‘Following the Primary Assessment Consultation in 2017, a pilot is currently underway and an evaluation of the pilot will be published later in the year.
‘The revised Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is expected to be implemented on a statutory basis from September 2021.
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