Early Years Quality Improvement Support Programme
(EYQISP)
Wolverhampton Early Years, Childcare and Play Service will be implementing the Government’s Early Years Quality Improvement Programme. This programme will provide the support required for implementing continuous improvement in line with the principles of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
The childcare Act 2006 places a duty on local authorities and their partners to improve outcomes for all young children and reduce all inequalities between them. To achieve this, a broad and inclusive strategy is required which focuses upon the quality of early learning and care.
Children develop better social, emotional and cognitive abilities necessary for life long learning if they receive good quality early years provision. Poor quality provision adds no value in the long term.
This self evaluation audit extends the Ofsted SEF headings to a further level of actionable activities which a setting can work through to secure improvement.
The self evaluation Audit tools are built on four key principles:
- How effectively the welfare of children in the EYFS is promoted
- A continuous cycle of self evaluation, improvement and reflection, thus empowering practitioners to see themselves as learners, seeking improvements in their practice, reducing inequality and narrowing the achievement gap.
- A system of support and challenge which is transparent and agreed by all.
- Strong partnerships between the local authority, settings and each setting’s community.
These key principles are explored through the following seven elements:
- Promoting the welfare of children in the EYFS
- Compliance with statutory requirements
- Strengthening leadership for learning – focusing on the key role of leaders in building capacity and ensuring high quality learning development and provision
- Developing practitioner learning – focusing on the needs and highlighting/ developing strengths of practitioners who support and extend children’s learning and development
- Facilitating partnerships for learning and development – focusing on working in partnership with parents/carers, children, other settings and partner professionals to support children’s learning and development
- Supporting progress, learning and development – focusing on using observations to assess and understand children’s learning and development, both in the home and the setting, translating observations into an assessment of each child’s progress to help and support them further.
- Securing high quality environments for learning and development – focusing on the enabling environment (including the physical and emotional environment), which promotes children’s well – being, nurtures children and fosters positive relationships between children, parents and adults, and where children are valued for their uniqueness and individuality.
For information contact Early Years, Childcare and Play Service: 01902 555894