Nursery World - DfE confirms revised EYFS and Reception Baseline statutory from September

The Department for Education has today (31 March) confirmed that the landmark reforms to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) will be rolled out nationally and that the Reception Baseline will become statutory for schools from September.

Children will be assessed at the start of the Reception year from September

The reforms will introduce a focus on language and vocabulary development, as well as teaching numbers in maths, and are intended to reduce unnecessary paperwork for practitioners and Reception teachers giving them more time to support children’s early development.

The EYFS reforms would support the Government’s efforts to raise standards in early education to improve outcomes for all children, particularly disadvantaged children which is crucial now more than ever, the DfE said.

Schools minister Nick Gibb said, ‘It is vital that children do not miss out on building important vocabulary and reading skills in their early education, despite the challenges the pandemic has presented. Our early years reforms have already shown great results in pilots, and schools across the country are now set to benefit from strengthened teaching practice and improved standards of early education.’

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