Many schools use Development Matters to help design their EYFS curriculum and as a guide when summatively assessing where pupils are working.
The bands used are:
- Reception.
- 3-4.
- 0-3.
When making summative judgements in Sonar Tracker, we advise that these reflect the year group the pupil is working in so where a pupil is working within the 0-3 band, the appropriate year group that best matches where the child is working is used. The Observation Checkpoints may help as a reference.
Please refer to the following table re the age group that each of the Sonar year groups relates to;
| Sonar Year Group | Age of pupil | Development Matters Band | Suggested Observation Checkpoints |
| Rec | Will be 5 this year | Rec | |
| N2 | Will be 4 this year | 3/4 | 4 years |
| N1 | Will be 3 this year | 0-3 | 2-3 years |
| Entry 2 | Will be 2 this year | 0-3 | 18 months, 2 years |
| Entry 1 | Will be 1 this year | 0-3 | 6, 7, 12, 15 months |
Related information
- The DfE's Development Matters Non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage document.
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