‘Road-testing’ of early drafts of the updated Development Matters is about to get under way as nurseries, childminders and Reception classes start to trial the materials in the next few weeks. They will be available to use from September.
Julian Grenier
Julian Grenier


Julian Grenier, head teacher at Sheringham Nursery School in Newham, east London, is leading on the updating of the document with the Department for Education.

Despite the hiatus of the General Election, Mr Grenier said the aim was to stick with the original timelines, with a trial of the materials with settings and their feedback.

As well as continuing to work with the advisory group and experts, Mr Grenier said, ‘As we head into the summer there will be more people involved in the process [with] plenty of debate and discussion with a wide range of people so that by the time it’s published, lots of different people will have been involved.’

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