As Montessorians enter the second century of their work with children in the United Kingdom, the principles identified by Dr Maria Montessori continue to underpin the work of our schools. The EYFS expresses these principles in terms with which Montessorians are very familiar and to support practitioner they have produced a guide to the EYFS. [...]
The long awaited EYFS Profile Handbook and EYFS Profile exemplification materials have now been published by the Department for Education and are available to download from the foundation years website. EYFS Profile Handbook The EYFS Profile Handbook has been developed to help practitioners make accurate judgements about each child’s attainment, and to enable effective [...]
Why allow independent schools exemptions when they are apparently doing an excellent job of delivering the EYFS? Many independent schools follow the EYFS with few problems, and can see the benefits of this type of framework for younger children. However, others are keen to offer the type of education that parents are requesting, which is [...]
As you know, the Department for Education consulted in May and June 2012 on proposals to revise arrangements for exemptions from the EYFS learning and development requirements. The proposals included introducing a new route for good quality independent schools, as well as maintaining a more streamlined ‘established principles’ route. Minsters have decided to proceed with the [...]
What is the commitment to an integrated review? On18 July 2011, DfE and DH jointly published Supporting Families in the Foundation Years (FitFY) which sets out their vision for the system of services to support parents, children and families in the foundation years starting from pregnancy until a child’s fifth birthday. FitFY includes a [...]
With the reformed EYFS 2012 now being implemented in settings we have provided answer to some of our most frequently asked questions with advice from the Department for Education. When will the EYFS Profile guidance be available? The Standards and Testing Agency (STA), an executive agency of the Department for Education, will be publishing the guidance for the new [...]
