This year will see the full implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage in September, and this is likely to continue to cause divisions in the sector, as our Letters and Comment pages show this week. Lynne Oldfield from the Open Eye campaign argues further against the statutory nature of the EYFS, while a range of voices - academic, local authority manager and childminder - defend the new framework (see opposite).
There'll be plenty of opportunity to consider the theory and practice of getting on board with the EYFS at Nursery World's conference on 13 February in Birmingham (see www.eyfsconference.com). Demand for places has been so high that we'll be repeating the conference in April in London - details will be announced soon.
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