on March 20, 2011
TES article – Under discussion are proposals that five-year-olds could be assessed against as few as 17 criteria, compared with the 117 currently included in the early years foundation stage (EYFS).
Posted in Early Years, News
on March 13, 2011
Ofqual – Regulatory Framework for National Assessments: National Curriculum and Early Years Foundation Stage.
Posted in Early Years, Primary, Secondary, Statutory Assessment
on March 13, 2011
TES article – Every child will have their cognitive development assessed by the age of two and a half, under plans to identify special educational needs (SEN) as early as possible.
Posted in Assessment Matters, Early Years, News
on March 5, 2011
TES article – A new analysis of the reading results of 15-year-olds shows that the benefits of pre-primary education are related to how it is provided. The Pisa 2009 rankings by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found that the difference between students who had attended pre-primary education for more than one year [...]
Posted in Early Years, International Comparisons, News
on February 27, 2011
TES article – Contentious plans to publish league tables of five-year-olds’ assessment results have been abandoned after strong criticism from teaching unions and early-years experts.
Posted in Early Years, News
on January 22, 2011
TES article – Anger is growing over Government plans to publish league tables for five-year-olds. A petition started by Frances Laing, a journalist, blogger and mother of a five-year-old, has already attracted more than 880 signatures, including that of children’s author Michael Rosen.
Posted in Early Years, National Data, News
on January 22, 2011
DfE news – Sarah Teather responds to publication of Graham Allen’s independent review of early intervention.
Posted in Early Years, News
on January 17, 2011
TES letter – expressing concern about some of the early years interventions announced in the recent education white paper.
Posted in Early Years, News
on December 4, 2010
TES article – School performance tables using results from the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Profile are set to be published under proposals contained in the DfE Business Plan.
Posted in Early Years, National Data, News
on November 13, 2010
TES article – publication by Demos about the importance of creativity in the early years including contributions by Sarah Teather and Michael Rosen.
Posted in Early Years, News
on October 31, 2010
Department of Education, Northern Ireland – Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, has welcomed new research into the impact of pre-school provision.
Posted in Early Years, News
on October 18, 2010
Practitoners’ Experiences of the Early Years Foundation Stage – a brief prepared for the DfE summarises the context, design, conduct and findings of an inquiry into practitioners’ experiences of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
Posted in Early Years
on October 18, 2010
Achievement of Children in the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile – DfE report on children’s achievement by the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage examining the proportion of children achieving a good level of development, and the size of the achievement gap, as three year trends. It also looks at the progress by local [...]
Posted in Early Years, National Data, News, Statutory Assessment
on September 7, 2010
Foundation Stage roll-out continues in Wales – Welsh First Minister welcomes the roll-out of the Foundation Stage Policy for all 5 and 6 year olds.
Posted in Early Years, News
on August 2, 2010
DfE news – call for evidence for EYFS review. Call for evidence to inform Dame Clare Tickell’s review of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
Posted in Early Years, News
Guidance to support teachers with assessment responsibility to develop their roles.