Our Best Start Local Plan 2026-29
Priority 4 - Improving the quality and consistency of the EYFSP assessment
Improve the quality of the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) assessment through more support and development opportunities for assessors
Why is this important?
- Accurate, consistent assessment standards at the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) helps to identify and meet the support needs of children at a key transition stage.
Our progress in the last 12 to 24 months:
- developed an Early Years Virtual Hub to provide advice and guidance on undertaking the EYFSP assessment
- provided training and development opportunities for professionals undertaking EYFSP assessments
We will drive progress towards improved Best Start and GLD outcomes by:
- Providing more training and development opportunities to teaching staff working in Reception settings on using the EYFS assessment profile, including national (DfE) training options.
- Further developing the guidance and resources for completion of the EYFS on the Gateshead Early Years Virtual Curriculum Hub for schools.
- Promote the updated national resources on the (DfE) Help for Early Years Providers and the Early Years Child Development Training websites.
We will measure this by:
- Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) data
- Early Years Service data on training take-up and qualitative feedback from (practitioner) participants