CM Club - who was it who got parents to sign saying NO to EYFS???

[looneytune]

I'm sure someone on here has parents who've signed to say they don't want EYFS etc? If you've done this, can you let me know what you did. I'm asking on behalf of a childminder friend who has parents who don't want this doing and the rest are her grandchildren and she doesn't want to be doing all of this.

TIA

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looney think it was arfa's wife, but he only seems to come on, when he needs media things done.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't him I was thinking about, oh....who was it?!!! Ahhh....maybe it was smeeinit???? I'll facebook her in case it was her. In the meantime, if anyone can help my friend out she'd be most grateful

It wasn't smee - who was it????

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My wife's parents don't agree with the EYFS, but she hasn't got them to sign to say they don't want it because there is a very formal process that needs to be gone through to gain exemption and even then there is no guarantee of her or her parents being succesful.

At the moment, she is in the process of trying to gain exemption for herself. This involves contacting the local authority who then have to arrange a meeting to see if they can talk you out of it get you to embrace the EYFS. Then the parents must be written to and formally ballotted and there must be a 75% majority. Then a request must be made to the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) who will arrange a meeting to try to talk you out of it. If they can't reach an agreement, the QCA will then submit an application to the Minister (Ed Balls at the moment) who will have a think, take advice and then give his decision. By the way, your objections must be on philosophical or moral grounds, you can't just say I don't like it because it involves too much work. Also, if you are in receipt of any local authority funding and you do gain exemption, you may lose that funding.

If the parents want their child to be exempted they must first talk it over with their child care provider who should try to talk them out of it. If the parent still wants exemption, they should then formally write to their provider, who must then seek advice from their local authority. If the provider agrees to go ahead with the exemption they must then inform the local authority who may then withdraw funding for that child. Again, the exemption must be on religious or philosophical grounds. Also, separate requests must be made for each child and exemptions will only last for 1 year after which time a new request must be made.

You can read the official document here.

Oh good, it's not going to be difficult then.