The Department for Education has today published details of the new Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Profile including a new handbook and exemplification materials.
The EYFS Profile Handbook
The EYFS Profile Handbook has been developed to help practitioners make accurate judgements about each child’s attainment, and to enable effective moderation of judgements. It replaces the previous 2008 EYFS Profile Handbook. The EYFS Profile LA moderation requirements booklet has been incorporated into section 6 of the 2013 Handbook.
This handbook contact important information for local authorities, head teachers and all early education professionals about assessing children’s attainment.
The Handbook includes information and guidance about:
- how and why EYFS assessments should be carried out
- how to complete and EYFS Profile
- how to record children’s attainment
- how to make accurate and reliable judgements about EYFS attainment.
The Handbook should be used alongside the EYFS Assessment and reporting arrangements and exemplification materials.
It will only available to download electronically. Hard copies of the Handbook will not be available. Click here to download the EYFS Profile Handbook
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