The Early Years Foundation Stage (Welfare Requirements) Regulations 2012
UK Statutory Instrument 2012 No. 938 — creates 1 criminal offence.
- Made
- 26 March 2012
- In force from
- 1 September 2012
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Courts, police, prisons and the administration of justice
- Made under
- Childcare Act 2006
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
These Regulations, made under the Childcare Act 2006 (“the Act”), specify the welfare requirements that early years providers (“providers”) must meet. Together with the “learning and development requirements” specified under section 39(1)(a) of the Act, these form the “Early Years Foundation Stage”. The “Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage”, published by the Secretary of State for Education on 27th March 2012 is given the force of law. Copies of the document can be found on the website of the Department for Education at https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/AllPublications/Page1/DFE-00023-2012 Regulations 3, 7, 8 and 9 specify welfare requirements. These include a prohibition on corporal punishment by providers to children in their care (regulation 7), a list of events the occurrence of which must be notified to the Chief Inspector (regulation 8 and the Schedule) and a requirement that a provider must give the Chief Inspector information about matters leading to disqualification from registration as a childcare provider under section 75 of the Act. Regulations 10 and 11 set out the procedure to be followed by the Chief Inspector where a provider has failed or is failing to comply with the welfare requirements. Regulation 12 makes it an offence if a provider fails to comply with the requirements set out in regulations 7, 8 and 10(2). Regulation 13 contains revocations. An impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations and can be found at http://www.ialibrary.bis.gov.uk/
Offences created by this instrument
- A registered early years provider who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with the requirements of regulation… regulation 12(1) · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
What Parliament said about it
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- Early Years Foundation Stage
Commons · Written Statements · 27 March 2012 · The Minister of State, Department for Education (Sarah Teather)
I am today publishing the reformed statutory framework for the early years foundation stage (EYFS), which will take effect from 1 September 2012. The new, simpler and clearer EYFS framework is an integral part of the Government’s wider vision for families in the foundation years. It demonstrates our commitment to freeing professionals from bureaucracy to focus on supporting children. Together with a more flexible free early education entitlement and new streamlined inspection arrangements, this is a major step towards a lighter touch regulatory regime. But we need to go further. I will…
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