Responses to the QCDA's consultation on the first year of the Early Years Foundation Stage are illuminating, particularly in providing confirmation of more informal reactions to the new framework (see news, page 4).
Although the QCDA survey was set up to gather individual answers, Early Education carried out its own survey of 295 early years practitioners from a wide range of settings to come up with some very useful findings that should be fairly representative of the sector as a whole.
The overwhelming impression is that the EYFS is going down well. Practitioners feel validated in taking a child-centred approach, with learning through play at its heart. 'It has been nice to have "permission" to start from the child,' said one respondent.
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