Children's Play

(asked on 23rd March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance has been issued to local authorities on children’s play services.


Answered by
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 31st March 2020

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Statutory Framework sets the regulatory standards for learning and development and safeguarding and welfare requirements for all early years providers caring for children aged 5 and under. The framework defines 7 areas of learning and development and is clear that each area must be implemented through planned, purposeful play and through a mix of adult-led and child-initiated activity.

The EYFS does not promote a particular pedagogical approach - it is for individual early years settings to determine how the areas of learning should be implemented to support children to meet the expected level of development by the end of the reception year.

The EYFS Statutory Framework is available at the link below: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2.

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