The new draft
Early Years Foundation Stage
Profile
Angela Jones
Foundation Stage
Manager
(Lead EYFSP)
Conclusions of the Tickell review of
EYFS
 The EYFS has had a positive impact and helped to
raise standards
 It should be retained as a universal, integrated
framework, enabling the sector to sustain momentum in
driving up quality
 More needs to be done, earlier, to identify children who
need extra help (vulnerable groups)
 It could be simpler and clearer, and more parent-friendly
The revised draft EYFS Profile
 Reducing the number of Early Learning Goals (ELGs)
from 69 to 17
 EYFS Profile significantly slimmed down, based on new
ELGs and with better links into the National Curriculum
 For each ELG, practitioners will assess (using best-fit
judgement) whether children are at the expected level,
exceeding it or below it (‘emerging’)
Let's compare and evaluate
 Use the proposals for the new AOL document
 Read through each AOL - discuss
 Compare the new proposals to what you know now
 Note down/highlight any differences
Timeline for implementing the new EYFS
30 September 2011
Consultation on revised EYFS closed
More than 2,000 responses
End of 2011
Government response to consultation
Spring 2012
New EYFS and EYFSP guidance published
September 2012
New EYFS in force
Summer 2013
New EYFSP assessment completed
Autumn 2013
New EYFSP data published
LA involved in the EYFSP Pilot
Over the next academic year STA will be running a pilot of the new
EYFSP in order to:
 Assess validity and reliability of data from the new EYFSP
 Test moderation arrangements
 Ensure guidance and exemplification is fit for purpose
 Assess comparability of data from the current and new EYFSP
and to look at the new measure of a Good Level of
Development
What will it involve?

Many LAs will already be planning to evaluate the use of EYFSP
data as a basis for payment by results (hence why STA are
focusing the EYFSP pilot in the PBR trial areas).
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As part of this we will be considering what the new EYFSP
assessment will look like, how it will work in practice and what
results based on the new EYFSP will mean in our area. One
way of doing this will be to test out the new assessment.
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We will doing some ‘dual-running’ in the 2011/12 academic year
and sending in 2 sets of data to the DfE.
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A sub-sample of LAs will be doing more focussed work on the
exemplification, guidance and moderation arrangements.
What’s in it for us?
Being part of the EYFSP pilot will have some important benefits for us:

An opportunity to see how EYFSP data might be used as a
basis for PBR and what this might mean
And for our early years colleagues:
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An opportunity for our LA, our moderators, our schools and our
practitioners to trial the new Profile before doing it ‘for real’
An opportunity to shape the development of the EYFSP based
on our real-life experiences
Outcomes of the pilot
 We will have a clearer idea of how EYFSP might feed into PBR and
what this might mean for our authority.
 Each member of the sample will receive a written summary of the
results of the pilot and information on the actions to be taken as a
result of the pilot
 STA will produce a lessons learned/best practice guide based on
the results of the pilot
 Revisions to the EYFSP and associated guidance/moderation
arrangements will be implemented as soon as practically possible
The Old and the New
EYFSP
Use your EYFSP handbook or wallchart
Compare the proposals for the new EYFSP
with what we know now
Note down your findings to share
www.foundationyears.org.uk
What this website offers
This website is for all those who work in the foundation
years delivering services for children and families
going through pregnancy or who have children
between the ages of 0 and 5.
The broad range of information accessible on this site
was developed by government, professionals and the
voluntary and community sector, and aims to:
Set out the direction of travel for all those who work in
the foundation years;
Answer any questions you have – specific or general;
and direct you to other resources which can help you.
Planned EYFS changes
Focus on pregancy to 5 years and beyond
Closer links with KS 1 practice
6 AOL to become 7 (prime and specific)
New EYFS Profile (bands)
Better links with end of Year 1 and 2 outcomes
Development check at 2 and/or 3 years
Closer links with Health Visitors
Greater emphasis on working with parents /families
Focus on the most vulnerable children (progress, etc.)
EYFS inspection is part of whole school judgement
What it is called ??????
What remains the same …...............
Good practice in early years
The focus on the unique child
The areas of learning content generally
The principles and themes
The use of the cards in developing good practice
Observational assessment
The collection of assessment evidence over time
The importance of your professional judgement
Moderation
Completion of the new Profile
The national data collection in the summer term
How to get involved and find out more?
Come and talk to us at the
EYFS events in the
spring/summer term :
Contact us
Contact me at:
angela.jones@eastriding.gov.uk
or ring me on 01482 392467
or ask your school’s EYA