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To help you prepare, you can visit Help for Early Years Providers to read about the changes for different provider types, and how these changes might impact your setting. 

Summary of changes to the EYFS statutory framework

These are the changes made by the Department for Education*: 

• The creation of two versions of the EYFS: one for childminders and one for group and school-based providers.
• The creation of a new document setting out Early Years qualification requirements and standards.
• Removing the requirement for Level 3 practitioners to hold a Level 2 maths qualification to count within staff:child ratios and instead place this requirement on managers.
• Students and apprentices can now count in ratios at the level below their level of study if the manager believes they are competent and responsible to do so.
• Settings may provide opportunities for children to develop and use their home language in play and learning, previously this requirement stated this ‘must’ be done.
• Childminder assistants can hold the role of key person.
• Removal of the requirement for childminders to complete EYFS training before registration. Childminders will still be required to demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the EYFS.

For more guidance on supporting children in the early years, visit the Help for Early Years Providers website. You can also give feedback on the Help for Early Years Providers website or sign up to take part in user research. 

*The changes are subject to parliamentary procedure. 

Vodcast

Hempsall's and the Department for Education have also produced a vodcast with a focus on the upcoming changes to the EYFS statutory framework: EYFS 2024 Regulatory Changes Vodcast