Pre-school Education: Standards

(asked on 27th June 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the OECD's Starting Strong 2017 report, published on 21 June 2017, what steps she is taking to improve early childhood development.


Answered by
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Robert Goodwill
This question was answered on 5th July 2017

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework sets the standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. The framework is available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2.

The learning and development requirements are informed by the best available evidence on how children learn and reflect the broad range of knowledge and skills that provide the right foundation for good future progress through school and life.

The 2016 early years foundation stage profile results, which are available at: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2015-to-2016, show that 69.3% of children achieved a good level of development (GLD) by age 5, up from 51.7% in 2013.

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