Playworkers offering out-of-school provision for children as young as five have struggled to implement the new curriculum for children under six due to its stringent definition of play.
Play England and sector skills council SkillsActive were due to publish in-depth guidance on how playworkers can work with the EYFS without compromising the values of the profession, the Playwork Principles (CYP Now, 5-11 February). But there is now a lack of consensus over whether this guidance will ever be published.
SkillsActive claims it is still going ahead with guidance. "We're working with the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and Ofsted to make it workable for playworkers," said Paul Bonel, the council's head of playwork.
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