Review calls for EYFS to be streamlined to cut down on bureaucracy

30 March 2011 2 mins read Janaki Mahadevan Early Years Early years education

Dame Clare Tickell has proposed that the 69 learning targets set out in the curriculum for under-fives be reduced to 17 to cut down on bureaucracy and increase practitioners' contact time with children.

In the government-commissioned review of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), chief executive of Action for Children Tickell has called for the early years framework to remain compulsory for everyone working with children from birth to five years old, including childminders, but said it must be simplified to help practitioners and enable parents to engage better with their child’s early development.

The review, which was informed by 3,300 submissions from organisations and practitioners, said all early years practitioners should have at least a Level 3 qualification (equivalent to an A level) and the government should consider applying the "teaching schools" model to the early years.

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