Building Vital Relationships Between Young Learners And Key Persons

Garcia, Jayne (2025) Building Vital Relationships Between Young Learners And Key Persons. Teaching Times.

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Abstract

The role of the Key Person is a statutory requirement within UK Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) as stipulated within the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Framework (Department for Education, 2024). The rationale for the role is rooted in an understanding of the importance of relationships between people who are most influential in a child’s world (Bronfenbrenner, 1979), as well as the importance of building attachments with children (Ainsworth et al., 1978; Bowlby, 1969). Guidance for practitioners in enacting the Key Person approach (Elfer et al., 2013) is further supported by non-statutory guidance (DfE, 2023; Early Years Coalition, 2021) which seeks to recognise and address the capacity for the Key Person approach. This includes addressing issues of parent/carer partnership and engagement, workforce development and outcomes for children through appreciation of the significance of relationships in promoting child development outcomes holistically.

Item Type:	Article
Depositing User:	Ms Raisa Burton
Date Deposited:	17 Apr 2025 09:14
Last Modified:	17 Apr 2025 09:14
URI:	https://marjon.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17965

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