Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
These Regulations may be cited as the Early Years Foundation Stage (Exemption from Learning and Development Requirements) and Childcare (Exemption from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2020.
Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force 21 days after the day on which they are laid.
Regulation 6 comes into force on 1st October 2020.
In these Regulations—
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“the Document” means the document entitled “Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage” dated 3rd March 2017 and published by the Secretary of State on the gov.uk websitef1;
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“the Scheme” means the scheme set up by the Department for Education where participating schools are not required to comply with requirements set out in the Document but instead must comply with the Framework for Early Adopters of the Early Years Foundation Stage Reforms dated 1st July 2020 and published by the Secretary of State on the gov.uk websitef2.
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“school” means a school defined in section 4 of the Education Act 1996f3.
Annotations
Footnotes
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https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/596629/EYFS_STATUTORY_FRAMEWORK_2017.pdf The learning and development requirements are given legal force by the Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development Requirements) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1772) made under section 39(1)(a) of the Childcare Act 2006
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1996 c. 56. A “school” includes an “Academy School” and an “Alternative provision Academy” as defined in sections 1A and 1C of the Academies Act 2010 (c. 32) respectively.