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The ÎÞÂëÌìÌà is producing a series of free resources that will help managers, practitioners and committee members of settings that are closed, who are beginning to consider what a phased return to re-opening fully may look like.Read more

The DfE is currently consulting on proposed changes to the EYFS with a focus on the proposed new early learning goals. But there are genuine concerns about whether the new goals can succeed, argues the ÎÞÂëÌìÌÃ's Melanie Pilcher.Read more

Between the launch of the Education Inspection Framework (EIF) consultation and the framework taking effect, Ofsted carried out more than 100 pilot visits to different types of early years settings. So what did they learn from them?Read more

The Education Inspection Framework (Ofsted 2019) places greater emphasis on your approach to curriculum with Ofsted stating that ‘curriculum’ is what is taught and ‘teaching’ is how curriculum content is taught.Read more

The term Cultural Capital has been added to Ofsted’s new Education Inspection Framework (EIF), due to come into effect in September. Here, ÎÞÂëÌìÌà quality and standards director Michael Freeston explains what it means for the early years.Read more

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CEEDA are independent research expertsÌýwho are currently running theÌýAbout Early Years (AEY) research programme with support from the ÎÞÂëÌìÌà and other sector partners. Here Dr Jo Verrill, CEEDA's Managing Director,...Read more

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Rebecca Reilly-Cooper, senior policy officer at the Information Commissioner’s Office, clears up some common data protection myths in this piece, which originally featured in the ÎÞÂëÌìÌÃ's membership magazine...Read more