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LETTER OF THE WEEK - CALL THIS PROGRESS?

An open letter to Rt Hon Beverley Hughes, Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families

Dear Minister,

It has now been nine months since the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework became statutory. In the run-up to its launch, I and others wrote to you to challenge the notion of Learning and Development requirements for very young children and drew attention to the flawed nature of the age-related Learning and Development Grids in the Non-Statutory Practice Guidance. We predicted this would be used to measure children's progress and to put pressure on settings deemed to be 'failing'. We also predicted an unacceptable increase in paperwork for practitioners.

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