Creating a single coherent phase of development for all young children aged nought to five has been a long cherished aim of many in the early years sector. They have yearned for the integration of care and learning and an end to what one leading specialist terms 'the chopping up of childhood'.
Their hopes have been raised by the Childcare Bill in which the Government has outlined plans for an Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) incorporating Birth to Three Matters (BTTM), the Foundation Stage and elements of the national standards for under-eights daycare and childminding into a single framework.
The proposed EYFS has been outlined in a Direction of Travel (DoT) paper which emerged from the DfES in mid-December, but was largely overshadowed by the concern felt in the sector over the sudden departure of Lesley Staggs from her post of Foundation Stage director.
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