In this section you will find teaching and learning guidance about Early Years Foundation Stage.
Foundation Stage Teaching Resources
Early Years - Quality Improvement Support Programme (EQISP) (link to mcs page)
The Foundation Stage Profile is a way of summing up each child's progress and learning needs at the end of the foundation stage. For most children, this is at the end of the reception year in primary school - but profiles must be completed in any government-funded setting in which children complete the foundation stage.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYPS) is a framework which came into force in September 2008. It is the new regulatory and quality framework for the provision of learning, developing and care for children between birth and the academic year in which they turn five (0-5).
Updated materials can be found on the QCA website (external link)
Early Education and Childcare Quality Principles Booklet
Early Education and Childcare Quality Principles Booklet
Use of the Stepping Stones from the Curriculum Guidance (February 2008)
Stepping Stones document demonstrates which Stepping Stones have been retained, where they fit into the different Developmental Phases and their presence in the Practice Guidance for the Early Yours Foundation Stage (EYFS). The information can be used as a possible starting point when revising your old planning.
Early Years Foundation Stage - Teachernet
Foundation Stage Profile (FSP) Guidance
Personal, Social and Emotional Development - Supplementary Guidance for the FSP
National Assessment Agency (NAA) advice regarding use of supplementary materials to support making and recording judgements for the Foundation Stage Profile (FSP):
Changes to the FS Profile - advice
Changes to the FS Profile - annex
Linking the FS Profile to P Scales and National Curriculum Levels