In its response to the Government consultation, Pen Green said, 'We are registering our rejection of the revised EYFS. We are particularly concerned about the overall tone of the revised document, which is predominately one of regulation and reduction.'
Last month, Pen Green Research Base in Corby was chosen by the Department for Education to lead the project to raise standards and improve children's outcomes, by working with 16 children's centres and nurseries that will run as 'early years teaching centres' to help them disseminate best practice in their local areas.
Pen Green said that while the original EYFS framework helped to foster a culture that focused on developing an understanding of how children learn and encouraged practitioners to reflect on their practice, it feared that 'the revised EYFS will only encourage a tick-box approach, which will do little to develop practice and understanding'.The revised framework is more about regulation and 'preventing children slipping through the net'.
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