Each area of learning has a set of related early learning goals. Curriculum guidance for the foundation stage is intended to help teachers and other professionals plan to meet the diverse needs of all children so that most will achieve and some, where appropriate, will go beyond the early learning goals by the end of the foundation stage.

The Education Act 2002 extended the National Curriculum to include the foundation stage. The six areas of learning became statutory, and the Act also specified that there should be early learning goals for each of the areas.

The Act also established a single national assessment system for the foundation stage, replacing baseline assessment schemes. The Foundation Stage Profile was introduced into schools and other education settings in 2002-3. The Profile has 13 summary scales c

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