Early years experts and organisations in England have welcomed the Government's decision to give the Early Learning Goals set out in the Curriculum guidance for the Foundation Stage statutory force as part of the National Curriculum.
The Department for Education and Skills said it has no plans to make changes to the curriculum guidance, following a consultation carried out by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) which found that the guidance had widespread support from the early years sector.
The DfES is now circulating a draft order specifying that the Early Learning Goals should be adopted as the statutory learning goals for the Foundation Stage and that practitioners should be required to have regard to the curriculum guidance when they plan and provide learning activities and play opportunities, which should be consistent with achieving the Early Learning Goals.
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