October 2015
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This seminar focused on next steps for improving the Foundation Phase in Wales.
It followed the Welsh Government's Building a Brighter Future: Early Years and Childcare Plan annual report, and was ahead of the final draft of the 10 Year Plan for the Early Years, Childcare and Play Workforce in Wales, due to be published later this year.
Sessions examined the next steps for professionalising the early years workforce and raising the quality of early years provision - including the development of new 'Early Years Outcomes Framework'.
Discussion was also informed by Professor Chris Taylor's evaluation of the Welsh Government-funded flexibility pilots - designed to explore new ways for increasing access to the Foundation Phase - and delegates were also expected to assess the impact of wider education reforms, including the Review into Assessment and the National Curriculum for Wales, on the Foundation Phase.
The seminar brought together key stakeholders including school leaders, teaching unions, nurseries and childcare providers, local authorities, parents groups, the third sector, academics and other interested parties - with policymakers from the National Assembly and Welsh Government.
