More than 1,600 early years professionals responded to the survey by the Early Years Coalition (EYC), a group of 15early years sector organisations, aimed at establishing what practitioners want from non-statutory guidance following criticism of the revised Development Matters document published by the Department of Education in September.
The vast majority of respondents want to see play (92 per cent) and CoEL (89 per cent) included in the alternative guidance, to be known as ‘Birth to 5 Matters – early years guidance by the sector, for the sector’. There was also a lot of support for Prime and Specific Areas of Learning and Development (79 per cent) and identifying possible developmental delay (78 per cent).
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