Making a Big Difference in the Early Years Foundation Stage - A handbook for local authorities

Publication date:

Feb 2009

DCSF ref:

00074-2009BKT-EN

Audience:

Early years strategic lead, Local authority staff, National Strategies consultant

Function:

Guidance, Leadership, Intervention

Format:

Handbook

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The aims of this publication are to:

• provide a summary of the Making a Big Difference (MABD) Programme
• describe how the MABD strands work
• explain the importance of audit and self-evaluation for MABD.

This publication is primarily aimed at local authority (LA) colleagues. Experienced MABD LAs will find this handbook and the supporting materials useful for reference. LAs new to the programme will find it a helpful starting point. Many LAs not in MABD have expressed an interest in MABD approaches and are adopting the programme as a way of rationalising their Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) planning for increasing the threshold and narrowing the gap. This handbook will help them in this work.

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