Episode
Strengthen Early Years Assessment & Raise Outcomes
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- May 19, 2026
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- 4056
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Summary
Are you looking to transform your Reception Assessment systems to ensure they are manageable, meaningful and impactful? In this episode, Anna Hackett and Sally Scott from Focus-Trust share their journey of deepening understanding about child development and strengthening assessment in all of their early years settings. They talk through why this was a priority, how the strategic plan was implemented and what a difference the right tools, including the EExREC assessment suite, made to both professional learning and outcomes for the children. There's lots of reflection about the development journey, and honest insight about the impact of the EExREC tools through the echelons of leadership in their Trust, as well as the lived experiences in the classrooms with real staff and real children. If you're keen to implement principled EYFS assessment consistently in your School or Trust, ensuring it is useful and used, then this episode is for you!