In September 2021 there will be changes to the Early Years Foundation Stage.
The EYFS Statutory Framework 2021 has now been published and the key documents can be downloaded from GOV.UK:
- Prepare for changes to the early years foundation stage framework - GOV.UK website
- EYFS Statutory Framework for 2021 - GOV.UK website
- Early Adopter: EYFS Statutory Framework - GOV.UK website
- Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) information - GOV.UK website
- Early Adopter Schools: EYFS Profile Handbook 2021 - GOV.UK website
- Development Matters 2020 Non-Statutory Curriculum Guidance - GOV.UK website
DfE supporting materials and websites
Curriculum development blogs and additional materials (not DfE)
- Birth to Five Matters
- Working with the Revised Early Years Foundation Stage: Principles into Practice (Julian Grenier)
- Julian Grenier's blog and resources
- Understanding children's language and communication development
Webinars and vodcasts linked to the EYFS Reforms
- Advice for Early Adopter Schools - how to baseline children on entry
- Headteachers and Senior Leaders - information about the EYFS Reforms
- Foundation Years: vodcast by the DfE about the EYFS Reforms
- Implementing the revised EYFS in primary schools - YouTube
- Understanding the revised EYFS - headteachers and senior leadership - YouTube
- Understanding the revised EYFS - PVIs and childminders - YouTube
- Understanding the revised Development Matters - YouTube
- Learn - Explore - Debate events: implementing the revised EYFS - YouTube