Understand current policies and influences on the early years sector
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- Find and read the early years framework relevant to your setting.
- ‘The impact of early childhood education and care on children’s outcomes, and the sustainability of the sector’ on the Post Parliament website
- ‘Theories of child development: A practice guide to help you understand theories of child development and their influence on early years practice’ from PACEY
- ‘Relevant and outdated child development theories in EYFS’ on the Blossom Educational website.
- ‘Early education and Childcare: Statutory guidance for local authorities’ from the Department for Education
- ‘Best start in life part 1: setting the scene’ from Ofsted
- ‘What all practitioners need to know to deliver evidence based parenting support’ from the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Read the section on ‘Evidence informed policy and practice’ from this research brief titled ‘Effective pre-school, primary and secondary education project (EPPSE 3-16+): How pre-school influences children and young people's attainment and developmental outcomes over time’ and was published by the Department for Education.
- The Early Intervention Foundation has an ‘Early Years Library’ which is a compilation of evidence-informed skills and practices to support children’s cognitive and social-emotional development.
- The Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center, an American program from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has a page on ‘Evidence-Based Practice’.
- Click on the link to read this article from Nursery World on 'Research Nurseries: Evidence-based practice at a nursery with no disadvantage gap'.
- 'The Early Years: Foundations for life, health and learning' was an independent report on the Early Years Foundation Stage to Her Majesty’s Government by Dame Clare Tickell. it formed the basis of the first review of the EYFS statutory framework.
- The Children’s Rights Alliance for England includes ‘Laws protecting children’s rights’. These international human rights treaties and domestic laws also impact the early years sector.
- Think And Challenge
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