# The Childcare (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2025, Regulation 4: Amendment of the Childcare (Provision of Information About Young Children) (England) Regulations 2009


(1) The Childcare (Provision of Information About Young Children) (England) Regulations 2009 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), after the definition of “special educational needs”, insert—
““special educational needs provision type” means the type of special educational needs provision forming part of the graduated approach adopted pursuant to the “Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years” published on 29th January 2015 under section 77 of the Children and Families Act 2014.”.
(3) In the Schedule—
(a) in paragraph 1, for the words from “total” to the end, substitute “assessment rating for each of the early learning goals specified under section 41(2)(a) of the Act.”;
(b) for paragraph 2, substitute—
“2 In this Part of the Schedule, the “assessment rating” is specified in the left-hand column of the table in relation to a child who meets the corresponding description in the right-hand column of the table in relation to an early learning goal.
Assessment rating
Judgement in relation to an early learning goal
1
A child who is at the ‘emerging’ level.
2
A child who is at the ‘expected’ level.
A
A child who has been granted an exemption under Part 3 of the Early Years Foundation Stage (Exemptions from Learning and Development Requirements) Regulations 2008 .
”;
(c) for paragraph 8, substitute—
“8 Sex.”;
(d) for paragraph 9, substitute—
“9 Where the child has special educational needs, the type of special educational needs that child has and the primary and secondary ranking of those types if there is more than one type, and which special educational needs provision type is being made for them.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/841/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-miscellaneous-amendments-england-regulations-2025/regulation-4
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