These Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Profile exemplification materials set out the national standard for the level of learning and development expected at the end of the EYFS.
The materials are split into each of the 17 EYFS Profile early learning goals (ELGs). They include a variety of different types of evidence of childrens’ learning, to show the wide range of ways that information can be gathered to support EYFS Profile judgements.
A number of 'learning journeys' are also included to illustrate how a child might progress through an ELG and how their attainment can be recorded.
The exemplification materials should help:
- practitioners to make accurate judgements about each child’s attainment;
- moderators to assess the accuracy of practitioner judgements;
- Year 1 teachers to use EYFS Profile outcomes to plan effective provision; and
- other stakeholders who wish to evaluate children’s learning and development.
Practitioners should use these materials to decide whether a child has met the level of development expected at the end of the EYFS for each ELG, has exceeded that level or not yet reached it (a judgement of emerging). The exemplification illustrates a child’s learning and development where it best fits the ‘expected’ category. There is currently no exemplification for the ‘emerging’ or ‘exceeding’ categories.
