2007 No. 1772
The Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development Requirements) Order 2007
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
In accordance with section 45(2) of the Childcare Act 2006 M1 (“the Act”) the Secretary of State for Education and Skills has given notice of his proposal to make this Order.
And in accordance with section 45(3) of the Act the Secretary of State has considered the evidence and representations submitted to him in pursuance of section 45(2), and has published a draft of this Order and any associated documents and a summary of the views expressed to him.
Accordingly the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 39(1)(a), 42(1) to (5) and 44(1) to (4) of the Act, makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development Requirements) Order 2007 and comes into force on 1st September 2008.
Interpretation2
In this Order—
“the Act” means the Childcare Act 2006;
F1“the Document” means the Document entitled “Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage” published by the Secretary of State on 19th May 2008 with ISBN 978-1-84775-128-7.
Specification of the learning and development requirements3
1
It is directed that the provisions in Section 2 of the Document have effect for the purposes of specifying the learning and development requirements M2 under section 39(1)(a) of the Act.
2
Early years providers M3 to whom section 40 of the Act (duty to implement Early Years Foundation Stage) applies must have regard to the guidance in Section 2 of the Document in securing that the early years provision they provide meets the learning and development requirements.
Further provisions about assessment arrangements4
1
An English local authority must make provision to ensure the accuracy and consistency of the assessments M4 made by early years providers in their area.
2
An English local authority must have regard to any guidance given by the F2Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency in exercising their function under paragraph (1).
3
An early years provider must permit any person authorised by an English local authority for the purposes of exercising their function under paragraph (1)—
a
to enter the premises on which the early years provision is provided;
b
to observe the implementation of the assessment arrangements; and
c
to inspect, and take copies of, documents and other articles relating to EYFS profiles and assessment arrangements.
4
In this article “EYFS profile” has the same meaning as in Section 2 of the Document M5.
Requirement on Chief Inspector5
The Chief Inspector M6 must have regard to the requirements and guidance in Section 2 of the Document in exercising her functions under Part 3 of the Act.
Matters to be considered by the Chief Inspector6
Any allegation that an early years provider has—
a
failed to meet the learning and development requirements prescribed in Section 2 of the Document; or
b
failed to have regard to the guidance in Section 2 of the Document
may be taken into account by the Chief Inspector in the exercise of her functions under Part 3 of the Act.
Proceedings under Part 3 of the Act7
Any allegation that an early years provider has—
a
failed to meet the learning and development requirements prescribed in Section 2 of the Document; or
b
failed to have regard to the guidance in Section 2 of the Document
may be taken into account in any proceedings under Part 3 of the Act.
2006 c.21.