Target setting has often appeared to be a favoured practice of the current Government, but it is breaking new ground by proposing to negotiate with local authorities to set objectives for the Foundation Stage. Allied to this will be the collection of individual child-level data on children receiving the free entitlement to nursery education in the private, voluntary and independent (PVI) sector.
Both proposals have been put out for consultation in recent weeks and both arise out of sections 99 and 100 of the Childcare Act 2006. At present:
* The DfES collects child-level data on three- and four-year-olds taking up the free entitlement in the maintained sector through the Pupil Level Annual Schools Census (PLASC)
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