The three prime areas are personal, social and emotional development; physical development; and communication and language.
The reforms are part of wider policy announcements due soon, regarding support for parents and pre-school children, under the banner 'Families in the Foundation Years'.
The Government will go ahead with a key recommendation of Dame Clare Tickell - to introduce a new progress check for all two-year-olds in early education, with parents given a copy. The aim is to identify any special needs or extra support as early as possible.
However, early years expert Helen Moylett, (right), pointed out that there are some omissions to the original recommendations, saying, 'The DfE has missed the opportunity to change the statutory framework into a more inclusive document and merely tinkered with the existing one.'
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