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Foundation Stage.

We provide warm, responsive care and have an effective safeguarding policy and procedure.

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is mandatory for all schools in Ofsted registered settings attended by young children i.e. from birth to the end of the academic year in which a child has their fifth birthday.

There are four themes in the EYFS which express important principles underpinning effective practice in the care, development and learning of young children. The four themes are;

Our long term plan at Marden Primary Academy outlines how we put the principles and commitments of the EYFS into practice in our setting and is used alongside policies and procedures that underpin statutory welfare requirements. We work closely with the federation’s EYFS team in developing these.