Nursery World - Teachers share grassroots views on teaching in Reception

Review highlights need for greater understanding of what teaching four- and five-year-olds means.

The crucial role of Reception in young children’s development and learning is highlighted in a new report by training organisation Early Excellence.

The survey of 4,000 primary head teachers and teachers found that 98 per cent were in favour of keeping Reception in the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Speaking to Nursery World, Jan Dubiel, national director of Early Excellence, said, ‘The main point of the review was to get a really grassroots view of what it means to teach Reception, what teachers and head teachers think it should be like and could be like.’

He said there needed to be ‘a wider understanding of what Reception should be for. Teaching four- and five-year-olds – the experience they get is different. Reception sits awkwardly before the end of the EYFS and the beginning of school. The tension has always been there, but it has become particularly pronounced in the past 18 months.’

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