Consultations & Responses

This is where we share with you the consultation responses and other lobbying activities undertaken on your behalf.

2019

Please read TACTYC’s response to Ofsted’s EIF consultation here – this was sent to Ofsted this week by our fabulous President Wendy Scott. TACTYC also offered further suggestions of contemporary and seminal research here to support policy making in the early years. We will keep you posted on progress! Please do share with your colleagues and discuss. We would also like to invite members to submit their own suggestions ….

Young children as guinea pigs TACTYC STOP PRESS

Read the latest TACTYC paper, entitled ‘Young children as guinea pigs: the Reception Baseline Assessment Framework’. This paper criticises the government’s planned national pilot of reception class baseline testing, released by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA). Education experts from TACTYC state that the STA framework fails to address the substantive problems with baseline assessment that have been repeatedly identified by education experts, teachers and parents. Equally, the new information about the content and administration of the test raises additional concerns.

2018

DfE and TACTYC meeting on ELGs – TACTYC’s meeting notes
Labour Party’s consultation on education – TACTYC’s response
Education Committee Inquiry into Life Chances – TACTYC’s response
Inquiry into evidence-based early-years intervention – TACTYC’s response
Strengthening Level 2 qualifications – TACTYC’s response
QTS Consultation – TACTYC’s Response

2017

Ofsted Report: Bold Beginnings – TACTYC’s response
Primary assessment in England: Government consultation – TACTYC’s response
Primary assessment in England – Better without Baseline response
ECSDN, TACTYC and SEFDEY have responded critically to the OECD’s International Early Learning Study – Collaborative Response
Government Consults on Rehash of Failed Proposals for Baseline Assessment in Reception – Press Release TACTYC collaboration

2016

DfE consultation: Literacy and numeracy qualification requirements for level 3 Early Years Educator staff – TACTYC response
Dame Reena Keeble’s Effective Primary Teaching Practice Report – TACTYC collaborative open letter response
Education Select Committee Primary Assessment Inquiry – TACTYC response.
The Labour Party Children and Education Policy Commission ‘Delivering a step change in early intervention and the early years’ – TACTYC response
Inquiry on Foundation years and the UK Government’s life chances strategy – TACTYC/EE Response
Education Committee inquiry into the purpose and quality of education in England – TACTYC response

Older responses

2015

Teachers Professional Development Consultation – TACTYC response
Childcare Bill – TACTYC/EE Briefing
Neil Carmichael – TACTYC letter
Education Select Committee, Age of Starting School – TACTYC letter
Anti-baseline assessment campaign (March, 2015) – Open Letter
Anti-baseline assessment campaign (March, 2015) – Press Release
Education Select Committee inquiry into Sure Start Children’s Centres: Follow-up (March, 2015) – TACTYC response
Education Select Committee inquiry into starting school (February, 2015) – TACTYC response
A World Class Teaching Professional Consultation (February, 2015) – TACTYC response
Prevent Duty Guidance: a Consultation (January, 2015) – TACTYC response

2014

Better Inspection for All (OfSTED) (November, 2014) – TACTYC final response
Carter Review of Initial Teacher Training (England) (22nd September 2014) – TACTYC final response
‘What are the characteristics of an education system which protects and promotes children’s rights?‘ Office for the Children’s Commissioner (2nd September, 2014) – TACTYC response
DfE Consultation: Early years pupil premium and funding for two-year-olds (22nd August, 2014) – TACTYC response
Response to Liz Truss re: funding (1st July, 2014) – TACTYC/EE response
Foundation Years: Sure Start children’s centres – Government response (18th June, 2014) – TACTYC response to Select Committee
Letter from Elizabeth Truss to TACTYC/BERA collaboration document (14th May, 2014) – Response
OfSTED consultation Inspection of maintained schools and academies (24th May, 2014) – TACTYC response
Letter from OfSTED in response to above (7th May) – Of STED response letter
OfSTED Consultation (March, 2014) – TACTYC draft response
Letter to Sir Michael Wilshaw about inspections (March, 2014) – TACTYC letter
Childminder Agency Inspections Consultation (March, 2014) – TACTYC final response
Early Years Policy Advice (20th February 2014) – TACTYC/BERA (EY SIG) collaboration
Professionalism (20th February 2014) – Early Years Summary
Play & Pedagogy (20th February 2014) – Early Years Summary
Parents & Family (20th February 2014) – Early Years Summary
Learning, Development and Curriculum (20th February 2014) – Early Years Summary
Broader Policy (20th February 2014) – Early Years Summary
Assessment, Transitions & Schools (20th February 2014) – Early Years Summary
Early Years Policy (20th February 2014) – BERA/TACTYC

2013

False judgements and expectations are failing young children (12th November 2013) – TACTYC Press Release
Policy advice and future research agendas: Early Years (12th November 2013) – BERA Early Childhood special interest group / TACTYC collaboration
Primary assessment and accountability under the new national curriculum (12th September 2013) – TACTYC Response
The Regulation of Childcare (12th September 2013) – TACTYC Response
TACTYC’S response to the Teachers’ Standards (Early Years) (23rd July 2013) – TACTYC Response
Letter to Teach First (5th July 2013) – TACTYC Response
More Great Childcare response to BAECE (20th June 2013) – TACTYC Response
Letter to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (10th June 2013) – TACTYC Response
Legislating for Less Great Childcare (29th April 2013) – TACTYC press release
Consultation on proposed changes to the role of the local authority in early education and childcare (29th April 2013) – TACTYC response
National Curriculum response (17th April 2013) – TACTYC response
English government’s consultations on Early Years Educator qualifications (17th April 2013) – TACTYC response
The Early Years Teachers Standards consultation (17th April 2013) – TACTYC response
TACTYC’S Response to Guardian Comment: Ben Goldacre (20th March 2013) – TACTYC response
Shaking the foundations of quality? Why ‘childcare’ policy must not lead to poor-quality early education and care (March 2013) – Cathy Nutbrown
Consultation on Early Education and Childcare Staff Deployment (March 2013) – TACTYC Response
Playtime is over for Britain’s nurseries (January 2013) – Letter to Sunday Times
Points made to Education Select Committee (January 2013) – TACTYC Response
The Truss Report: More Great Childcare (January 2013) – TACTYC Response
Extending Free Early Education to More Two-year-olds (November 2013) – Consultation Response

2012

Extending Free Early Education to More Two-year-olds – Consultation Response (November 2012)
Response to the Nutbrown Review of Early Education and Childcare Qualifications: Interim Report (April 2012)
Response to the DES consultation on Supporting Families in the Foundation Years (February 2012)
Response to the OfSTED Consultation on ITT/ITE (January 2012)
Response to the Second EYFS Consultation (January 2012)

Pre-2011 responses

Response to the Nutbrown Review of Early Education and Childcare Qualifications (December 2011)
EYFS Consultation – our response (September 2011)
Special needs government consultation (June 2011)
Phonics testing consultation response form (January 2011)
Tickell Review of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) (September 2010)
Independent Review of Primary Curriculum – recommendation 14(1) – points of entry into reception class (November 2009)
Rose Interim Review of the Primary Curriculum (February 2009)
New Inquiry into Teacher Training (February 2009)
The Play Consultation – Fair Play (July 2008)
The Rose Primary Review (April 2008)
The Williams Maths Review (April 2008)

Click on any of these to bring up that response. Please feel free to use these with staff, parents, students … whoever will benefit from sharing the contents.