Early Years Foundation Stage meaning

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This Practice Note is archived and not maintained. This Practice Note sets out the changes and disapplications brought in by the: Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development and Welfare Requirements) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, SI 2020/444 Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development and Welfare Requirements) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2020, SI 2020/939 Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development Requirements) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Order 2021, SI 2021/234 to the: Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development Requirements) Order 2007, SI 2007/1772 Early Years Foundation Stage (Welfare Requirements) Regulations 2012, SI 2012/938 The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework sets the standards all early years providers must meet so children aged 0 to 5 learn and develop well, while staying healthy and safe. As part of the national response to coronavirus (COVID-19), local authorities delivered a wide array of essential and supplementary functions, contributed to local resilience planning, and sustained local service...

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is archived and is not maintained. This Practice Note outlines the changes brought in by the: Early Years Foundation Stage (Miscellaneous Amendments) and Childcare Fees (Amendment) Regulations 2021, SI 2021/432 (effective from 1 September 2021) to the: Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development Requirements) Order 2007, SI 2007/1772 Early Years Foundation Stage (Welfare Requirements) Regulations 2012, SI 2012/938 The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework sets the benchmarks all early years providers must meet to ensure children aged 0–5 learn and develop effectively and are kept healthy and safe. As part of the national response to coronavirus (COVID-19), local authorities are carrying out a broad range of essential and additional duties, whilst also contributing to local resilience planning and the continued delivery of local services. This legislation has been introduced to support early years providers during the current coronavirus outbreak in England, by offering sufficient flexibility to help them respond quickly to changes in workforce...

This Lexis+® UK Local Government feature preserves a historical log of current awareness, consultations, legislation and developments monitored by the Education tracker, spanning the full education landscape from early years foundation stage (EFYS) through to further and higher education. It does not address the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19), which is covered in the Coronavirus (COVID-19)—education tracker [Archived] and the Coronavirus (COVID-19)—education tracker 2020 [Archived]. Once news, consultations and other updates are no longer current, they move to the Education tracker archive. Secondary legislation is archived two months after it comes into force, while cases and primary legislation are archived 12 months after commencement or once judgment is handed down. See Practice Notes: Education tracker 2019 [Archived], Education tracker 2018 [Archived], Education tracker 2017 [Archived] and Education tracker 2016 [Archived]. For ease of use, the tracker is organised into: Legislation and statutory guidance Bills: passage through parliament Consultations and developments of interest Cases Legislation and statutory guidance Further and Higher Education...