Are you stuck at one end of the school playing in the sand while your colleagues are getting on with the ‘proper’ job of teaching? Or corralling your four- and five-year-olds to sit down and write so they are ready for the demands of KS1? Sadly, it’s how many early years practitioners in schools are made to feel and act, caught between the EYFS and the National Curriculum.
Being an EYFS leader or a member of an early years team in a school can be a complicated and challenging position, with many left fighting their corner unless they have the support of an understanding and well-informed head teacher. It can be especially isolating if there is only one Reception teacher in the school and the senior leadership team don’t have a deep knowledge of the early years.
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