Early Years Foundation Stage in County Durham

EYFSP Moderation

Please choose from the following:

Early Years Foundation Stage Profile Moderation 2011 - 2012

 As you will be aware it is a statutory requirement that all Reception children complete the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile and that this process is moderated by the Local Authority. Moderation is carried out by a team of school based moderators and Educational Development Advisers.

Please see attached for more information.

EYFSP ModerationEYFSP Moderation (55.9k bytes)
Cluster Group MeetingsCluster Group Meetings (27.6k bytes)
eyfsp planning form 2011-2012eyfsp planning form 2011-2012 (224k bytes)
Moderation FormModeration Form (228k bytes)
Schools to attend cluster meetings 2011Schools to attend cluster meetings 2011 (152k bytes)
Schools to be moderated 2011Schools to be moderated 2011 (65k bytes)

Profile Pointers

Profile Pointers - click for full size image

You may have noticed that your EYFS profile handbook is dated 2008 - this is still the current document and should be used extensively when making judgements about your children's achievements.

The handbook contains vital information regarding procedures and guidelines.  It also contains scale points descriptors and examples to support making accurate judgements.

eyfs_fs_profile_hbkeyfs_fs_profile_hbk (2.12M bytes)

Early Years Foundation Stage Profile Results 2010/11 (National and Local Authority)

For all Reception Class practitioners?FS Co-ordinators and Headteachers-

National and Local Authority Early Years Foundation Profile Results can be found every October on the DfE website, go to-

  • Home page
  • Data, research, statistics
  • Official statistics
  • Recent Statistical Releases
  • EYFS Profile

These are used as a comparison to show a school's standard of attainment at the end of the Reception Year

Below is a summary of main results from 2010/2011 (to be used as National Averages for your 2012 EYFSP school outcomes)and a copy of the downloads from DfE for your information

For more details and further analysis see attachments:-

  • Statistical First Release 2011 (DfE)
  • LA National Data 2011 (DfE)
Summary of main results from 2010 11Summary of main results from 2010 11 (132k bytes)
Statistical first release 2011Statistical first release 2011 (201k bytes)
LA National data 2011LA National data 2011 (603k bytes)

Errata and clarification for the EYFS profile handbook

Please find attached information from QCA regarding changes to the EYFS profile handbook (available from www.naa.org.uk)

Please note particularly information relating to Linking Sounds and Letters scale point 7, which can now be achieved without first attaining LSL scale points 4,5 and 6 (refer to attached document for further details).

Guidance for LSL scale point 4 - children should be able to recognise at least 20/26 sounds and 14/26 names.

(See attached file: EYFSP Errata and clarifications.doc)
EYFSP_Errata_and_clarifications.docEYFSP_Errata_and_clarifications.doc (27.6k bytes)
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