The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) has published the results of a survey carried out with its members in response to growing concern about the drive towards more formal learning for young children, and what is being termed as the ‘schoolification’ of early years.
The Government is also proposing that schools should take children from as young as two.
Last month, Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw said that children should be tested before they start in Reception because the current EYFS Profile is ‘too broad an assessment’.
PACEY said policymakers' views of ‘school readiness’ are at odds with what childcare professionals deem as important for children as they move into school.
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