Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP)
The Department for Education (DfE) have published (via the Foundation Years webpages), the EYFS Profile exemplification materials, with an accompanying video.
‘Exemplification materials for schools
The DfE has published exemplification materials to provide support for schools when completing the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) assessment for children at the end of reception year. These are a collection of case study videos that demonstrate teachers and leaders having professional discussions about individual children’s development and their EYFSP judgements. A vodcast for schools, multi-academy trusts and local authorities has also been published alongside the videos to explain the changes and what is different this year.
The videos are designed to help schools understand and use the new early learning goals (ELGs) and profile assessment under the 2021 EYFS framework. The videos include a combination of children who have met and not met the expected levels of development across the ELGs, with teachers discussing how they came to those judgements.
The DfE have deliberately taken a different approach to these exemplification materials to be clear that teachers, schools and settings should move away from excessive tracking and evidence collection and to avoid giving schools additional criteria to consider when completing the EYFSP, beyond what is set out in the new goals themselves. What matters most is providing information to parents and carers and Key Stage 1 teachers in order to support each child’s development and next steps.’