Speaking at Talk To Your Baby’s annual conference in London last week, she said s
he recognised anxieties about aspects of the draft framework.
‘Without the support of National Strategies and other resources, delivery of change will be challenging and we should not pretend that is not the case,’ she said.
‘However, the revised framework is manageable and is designed to encourage practitioners to stand back and reflect. More work needs to be done on how we work with parents and make them partners in the delivery of the EYFS.’
Dame Clare underlined that while the revised EYFS could ‘stand alone’ more easily than the existing framework, it was important that local authorities gave careful thought to how they supported it.
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