# The Childcare (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2025, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Local Authority Targets (Well-Being of Young Children) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1415) (“the Targets Regulations”), the Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development Requirements) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1772) (“the Learning and Development Order”), the Childcare (Provision of Information About Young Children) (England) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1554) (“the Census Regulations”) and the Early Years Foundation Stage (Welfare Requirements) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/938) (“the Welfare Regulations”).
Regulation 2 amends the Targets Regulations to update a reference to the Early Years Foundation Stage (“EYFS”) assessment scales, which no longer exist. The amendment means that targets can be set by reference to children’s attainment of one or more of the early learning goals specified under section 41(2)(a) of the Childcare Act 2006 (c. 21) (“the Act”).
Regulation 3 amends the Learning and Development Order to give effect to revised versions dated 14th July 2025 of sections 1 and 2 of and Annex B to the documents entitled “Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework for Childminders” (the “childminder EYFS”) and the “Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework for Group and School-Based Providers” (the “group and school-based provider EYFS”). The amendments in regulation 3(4) to (7) ensure that the provision in Annex B to the childminder EYFS (which relates to the EYFS Profile assessment, carried out in the final term of the year the child reaches age 5) is within the inspection and enforcement powers applicable to registered early years providers in Part 3 of the Act. Annex B to the group and school-based provider EYFS relates to the reception baseline assessment, which is administered by schools exempt from the requirement to register under Part 3 by virtue of section 34(2) of the Act.
Regulation 4 amends the Census Regulations to update a reference to the EYFS assessment scales. Regulation 4(3)(c) replaces “gender” with “sex” to reflect the data which is collected. Regulation 4(3)(d) amends the special educational needs data required to be provided by early years providers to align with that collected from schools under paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Education (Information about Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2094).
Regulation 5 amends the Welfare Regulations as follows:
To give effect to revised versions dated 14th July 2025 of section 3 of the EYFS statutory frameworks. The changes to the frameworks include: strengthening safeguarding requirements; amending the staff:child ratios in consequence of the introduction of the Experience-Based Route (‘EBR’) for early years practitioners to gain status to work at level 3 within staff:child ratios; implementing nutrition changes and other minor clarificatory changes.
To give effect to a revised version of the “Qualifications Document”, which is the document entitled “Early years qualification requirements and standards” dated 14th July 2025 and published by the Secretary of State on the gov.uk website. This document specifies qualifications and training requirements to be met by early years providers (other than early years childminders) who are required by section 40 of the Act to comply with the EYFS statutory framework. These changes are made in consequence of the introduction of the EBR.
The EYFS statutory framework documents are available on the gov.uk website at this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2. Full impact assessments of the effect that these Regulations will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector (in relation to the changes to safeguarding provisions in the EYFS statutory frameworks and to the introduction of the EBR) are available on the legislation.gov.uk website. Hard copies of these documents can be viewed at the Department for Education, Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/841/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-miscellaneous-amendments-england-regulations-2025/note
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