The Foundation Stage Profile was also criticised by Ofsted, whose chief inspector David Bell called it 'bureaucratic and time-consuming', and said it 'does not fit the bill'.
The Ofsted report, Transition from the reception year to Year One, found that 'insufficient consideration' had been given to the relationship between the areas of learning in the Foundation Stage and the subject-based approach of the national curriculum. It recognised that many Year One teachers handled the transition 'sensitively' but said timetabling constraints and the need to ensure that pupils were ready for SATs tests at the end of Key Stage 1 led to 'abrupt transitions to more formal approaches'.
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