Jan Dubiel is a nationally and internationally recognised specialist in Early Childhood Education. He was recently identified by the Times Educational Supplement as one of the ten most influential people in British education. He currently works an as independent Consultant, School Improvement Adviser with TEP and project Director for hey! at Coram Hempsall’s.
Having trained as an Early Years specialist, Jan worked as a Nursery, Reception and Year 1 teacher and Senior Leader. Following roles as an Early Years Consultant and Senior Adviser, he was appointed by the then Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) to lead on the management of the (Early Years) Foundation Stage Profile, and had national responsibility for its implementation and moderation, developing guidance and support materials and working at a strategic level with policy makers. Recently he was the Head of National and International Development at Early Excellence where he was responsible for developing EExBA, used by 12,000 schools as a Baseline Assessment, EExAT, a Birth to 7 tracking system and EExAQ, an international qualification for Kindergarten teachers.
He was part of the expert group advising the DfE on the revised EYFS in 2021 and with EDT was responsible for supporting the implementation of the EYPDP in 2023 – 2025
Jan has also been Director of Early Years for AISL Harrow International schools and Bilingual Kindergartens where he developed and implemented an International Curriculum framework for children aged 2 – 7
His recent work has also focused on supporting organisations and ECE Provision to conceptualise Curriculum and ensure that it incorporates all aspects of learning and development. ‘Future Proofing the Curriculum’ has focused on identifying and understanding the critical role of Learning Behaviours and how this both supports and enables Learning Domains.
Jan has developed a national and international reputation as a conference speaker, consultant and trainer and he has written widely on different aspects of Early Years policy ,pedagogy and practice. His first book “Effective Assessment in the EYFS” was published by SAGE in 2014 and he recently wrote a chapter for ‘Putting the EYFS Curriculum into practice’ (Grenier et al 2023)
