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Early years foundation stage The sets the statutory standards that all early years providers must meet. This includes all maintained schools,

non-maintained schools, independent schools and all providers on the Early Years Register.

The EYFS aims to provide:

quality and consistency in all early years settings a secure foundation that will allow all children good progress through school and life

partnerships between different practitioners partnerships between parents or carers and practitioners

equality of opportunity for all children

The was published on 27 March 2012, and came into force on 1 September 2012. It aims to reduce burdens, including unnecessary regulation and paperwork, so professionals have more time to concentrate on supporting children.

EYFS profile

All early years providers must complete an EYFS profile for each child in the final term of the year in which they turn 5. For most children this is the reception year in primary school. The main purpose is to provide an accurate assessment of individual children at the end of the EYFS. The profile describes each child’s attainment against 17 early learning goals together with a short narrative about their learning characteristics.

A revised EYFS profile came into effect in September 2012.

Issue

Providing children with good quality education and care in their earliest years can help them succeed at school and later in life, contributing to a society where opportunities are equal regardless of background. Affordable and easily accessible childcare is also crucial for working families. It can also help create more opportunities for women who wish, or need, to work and raise children at the same time.

We believe we can improve early education by building a stronger and better qualified early years workforce. We will also aim to provide more good quality childcare which is affordable.

Actions

To extend early education to those who need it most, and to give parents greater choice of childcare, we will:

introduce early learning places for the 20% most disadvantaged 2-year-olds from September 2013 introduce early learning places for around 40% of all 2-year-olds from September 2014 help parents access more informal childcare introduce new that will provide rigorous training and match childminders with parents help schools offer affordable after-school and holiday care, either alone or working with private or voluntary providers reduce unnecessary regulations to help good nurseries expand their business

To help parents with the costs of childcare we will:

introduce a new tax-free childcare scheme to support working families from autumn 2015, worth up to £1,200 per child each year increase the support available to lower income

families from April 2016, as part of the To improve the quality of early education and childcare, we will:

reform early years qualifications to make them more rigorous work with Ofsted to and challenge weak providers to improve more quickly simplify registration arrangements for early years

providers, while keeping controls to make sure children are safe Background

In September 2010, all 3- and 4-year-olds became entitled to 15 hours a week of state-funded early

education and 96% take up some or all of their

entitlement.

Following a public consultation, we announced that, from September 2013, all looked-after 2-year-olds and

2-year-olds from families who meet the criteria for free school meals (approximately 130,000 children) will also be entitled to 15 hours a week of early education.

From September 2014, the number of early learning

places for 2-year-olds will be extended further, to around 260,000 children.

In July 2011, we asked Professor Cathy Nutbrown to lead an independent review of qualifications for the early

education and childcare workforce. Professor Nutbrown

published on 19 June 2012.

In January 2013, we included our response to Professor Nutbrown’s recommendations and set out the actions we will take to create a better qualified early education workforce in . This included detail on planned reforms to:

raise the standard and quality of the early years workforce

give high-quality providers the freedom to offer more places

give parents more choice

On 27 March 2012, we published a simpler framework for the , which came into force on 1 September 2012.

In March 2013, we announced we would support working families through a new tax-free childcare scheme. We will start introducing the scheme in autumn 2015. The scheme will provide 20% of working families’ childcare costs up to £1,200 per child each year.

In July 2013, we published , which sets out our plans to help working parents access the childcare they need when they need it. We also

published updated .

In the same month, the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) published new along with the , which provide detail of what will be expected of the new early years teachers.

On 2 August 2013, Ofsted published .

Who we’ve consulted

In order to extend free early learning to 2-year-olds, we consulted on:

introducing , from November 2011 to February 2012 extending , from 5 July to 15 October 2012

In order to improve the quality and range of early learning, we consulted on:

In order to make childcare more available and affordable, we consulted on:

simplifying to remove burdens and simplify processes, from 16 July to 30 September 2013 plans to introduce , from 5 August to 14 September 2013 changing , from 6 August to 15 October 2013

Bills and legislation

The bills and legislation covering childcare and early education are:

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