Question follow-through · 60796
Pre-school Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of learning through play in early years education.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of learning through play in early years education.
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jun 2025
Answer published
The early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework sets the standards and requirements that all early years providers must follow to ensure every child has the best start in life and is prepared for school. The framework is clear that children le...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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