The legal status of the EYFS was implemented to support all children’s needs and continually make progression with their development.
Children’s Act 1989 and 2004
The children act was put in place to ensure that children are having the best start in life, the local government and local agencies must take the responsibility to oversee that children …show more content…
The EYFS is a legal requirement that must be used in all settings providing education and care for children in the early years. As children spend most of their time at nursery or school, it is important that the time spent at these setting are beneficial to the child.
There are four themes and principals in the EYFS are a unique child-supporting and accepting the child’s, personality and interests, positive relationships-encouraging children through their social and emotional support to have positive relationships, enabling environment-creating and developing a space where children can have experiences that support knowledge and learning and development-practitioners are expected to use the EYFS as it supports all areas of learning including support for children with additional needs.
All settings must have an inspection from Ofsted to ensure that they are meeting the standards and requirements set by the EYFS. When Ofsted is carrying out an inspection they will observe the staff and children within the setting, check children’s learning journeys and ask staff about the procedures and routines within their