Nursery World - Early years expert group's 12-point general election plan

Early years experts are calling for a new dedicated early years framework for all children from birth to seven.

The Early Childhood Forum is the latest organisation to release a wish list ahead of next year’s general election.

Its 12-point charter for early childhood proposes extending the Early Years Foundation Stage from birth to seven. It says there should be a statutory framework for early years from birth extended to the age of seven, that is ‘coherent and appropriately developed and elaborated for different stages’.

The ECF, which unites membership organisations from across the early childhood sector, sees early childhood as a distinct and crucial stage in a child’s life. The charter has been put together with input from the ECF's member organisations and calls on the early years sector to work together on a concensus of aims to guide politicians’ manifestos, using the latest evidence from research and practice.

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