EYFS Profile will not be mandatory this summer
Catherine Gaunt
Monday, January 18, 2021
Schools will not be required to carry out the EYFS Profile at the end of Reception this academic year, but they will be asked to ‘to use their best endeavours’ to complete it in the summer term if they are able to do so.
![Schools have been asked to carry out the EYFS Profile with Reception children this summer, only of they are able to do so](/media/212657/girl-five-years-old.jpeg?&width=780&quality=60)
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