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Future of EYFS Profile unclear as QCDA is axed

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

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The future of EYFS Profile assessment is uncertain in the wake of the announcement by Education Secretary Michael Gove confirming the closure of the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA).

Government unveils wide-ranging review of the Early Years Foundation Stage

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Monday, July 5, 2010

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Children's minister Sarah Teather has launched a review of the EYFS, which will consider whether the framework is too bureaucratic and how to shift the focus to getting children ready for education and improving the attainment of children from deprived backgrounds.

Synthetic phonics 'damages' children's love of reading

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

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The education secretary’s insistence that children should be taught to read using synthetic phonics is almost ‘a form of abuse’, a leading academic claims.

Row breaks out between critics of the revised early years curriculum and DfE

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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

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The dispute between a group of early years experts and teachers and the Department for Education over the Government’s planned reforms to the Early Years Foundation Stage has ramped up this week.

EYFS: Draft of Birth to 5 Matters out for consultation with early years practitioners

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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

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Play and the characteristics of effective learning (CoEL) have been included in the first draft of ‘Birth to 5 Matters – Guidance by the sector, for the sector’ which is published today.

Education secretary confirms phonics check to go ahead in the Autumn term

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Thursday, June 17, 2021

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The phonics check will go ahead in the Autumn term with children in Year 2, the education secretary has confirmed.

Early years settings told they can relax ratios as Covid deemed an 'exceptional circumstance'

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

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The Department for Education has confirmed that early years settings struggling with staff absences due to Covid can relax their ratios in line with the EYFS.

Early years settings in Wales prepare for the roll out of the new national curriculum

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Friday, April 1, 2022

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Wales’ education minister Jeremy Miles has praised the work of early years settings as they prepare for the roll-out of the new national curriculum for three-to-16-year-olds.

DfE keeping Reception Baseline for September under review

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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

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Controversial plans to test four-year-olds in English and maths when they start school in September are ‘under regular review’ by the Department for Education, in light of the disruption caused by the coronavirus crisis.

Child-led approach to learning to read is blamed for illiteracy

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

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Primary schools are 'breeding illiteracy' in children by allowing a 'child-led' approach to learning and because they are failing to use synthetic phonics repeatedly, according to the right-wing think-tank Centre for Policy Studies.

Academy chain founder Ofsted appointment challenged

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Thursday, July 7, 2016

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The education secretary’s favoured candidate for the Ofsted top job has been rejected by a committee of MPs, throwing the appointment into jeopardy.

Education policies: Current certainties to new visions

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Monday, May 4, 2015

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A new book looks at the ways we teach children and how we assess their progress - and sets out a vision for improving our methods. One of the book's editors, Dominic Wyse, explains.

League tables loom for EYFS Profile results

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

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Early Years Foundation Stage Profile results are to be published by school for the first time, under proposals in the Department for Education's five-year business plan.

DfE invites proposals for Reception Baseline Assessments

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Monday, October 6, 2014

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The Department for Education (DfE) is inviting proposals from organisations to design and deliver Reception Baseline Assessments to schools from September 2015.

Gap likely to grow in social mobility 'coldspots'

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Thursday, February 21, 2019

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The Government’s shift in focus towards childcare as a means of getting parents back to work, away from good quality early years education, is affecting settings’ quality and impacting social mobility, a cross-government report warns.

DfE promotes baseline assessment in new video

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Thursday, February 28, 2019

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The Department for Education has uploaded a new YouTube video on the Reception baseline assessment explaining how it will work.

Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN

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Thursday, March 7, 2019

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Sixty charities and organisations have joined forces to urge the Prime Minister to do more to improve support for the 1.4 million children with speech, language and communication needs.

Self-regulation dropped from Reception baseline

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Friday, March 15, 2019

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Self-regulation has been removed from the Reception baseline assessment, following a trial in schools.

Prime areas not in 'reception baseline' criteria criticised by many

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Monday, June 2, 2014

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More details of the new baseline assessment that children will be expected to take at the start of Reception have been set out.

Early Learning Goals group ‘unrepresentative’

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Monday, June 11, 2018

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The Department for Education has come under fire after a Freedom of Information request revealed little early years sector representation among those involved in reviewing the EYFS early learning goals.

Call for major overhaul of ELGs with early years experts

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Thursday, July 5, 2018

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Early Education says that the Government’s revision of the Early Learning Goals has far wider implications and is in effect a re-write of the whole EYFS 'by the back door'.

Campaigners launch 'alternative' EYFS

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Friday, October 26, 2012

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A group of academics and early years practitioners has published an 'alternative' EYFS.

EYFS REVIEW: Early years sector gives EYFS review a warm welcome

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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The early years sector has given an overwhelmingly positive response to recommendations made by Dame Clare Tickell in her review of the EYFS.

Teaching unions protest over phonics reading check

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Monday, June 18, 2012

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Teaching unions have joined forces to protest against the phonics screening check, which all six-year-olds will have to take in the next few weeks.

Call for early years teachers to lead nurseries in poorer areas

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Thursday, September 7, 2017

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Nursery groups in deprived areas should be led by an early years teacher or equivalent by 2020, a new report by a coalition of more than 80 organisations recommends.

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Future of EYFS Profile unclear as QCDA is axed

Government unveils wide-ranging review of the Early Years Foundation Stage

Synthetic phonics 'damages' children's love of reading

Row breaks out between critics of the revised early years curriculum and DfE

EYFS: Draft of Birth to 5 Matters out for consultation with early years practitioners

Education secretary confirms phonics check to go ahead in the Autumn term

Early years settings told they can relax ratios as Covid deemed an 'exceptional circumstance'

Early years settings in Wales prepare for the roll out of the new national curriculum

DfE keeping Reception Baseline for September under review

Child-led approach to learning to read is blamed for illiteracy

Academy chain founder Ofsted appointment challenged

Education policies: Current certainties to new visions

League tables loom for EYFS Profile results

DfE invites proposals for Reception Baseline Assessments

Gap likely to grow in social mobility 'coldspots'

DfE promotes baseline assessment in new video

Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN

Self-regulation dropped from Reception baseline

Prime areas not in 'reception baseline' criteria criticised by many

Early Learning Goals group ‘unrepresentative’

Call for major overhaul of ELGs with early years experts

Campaigners launch 'alternative' EYFS

EYFS REVIEW: Early years sector gives EYFS review a warm welcome

Teaching unions protest over phonics reading check

Call for early years teachers to lead nurseries in poorer areas

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