About the EYPP
The aim of the Early Years Pupil Premium is to close the gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and other children by providing additional funding to settings such as ours, therefore providing the opportunity to raise the quality of provision we offer.
All children aged three and four (not two year olds), who meet the eligibility criteria will benefit from the funding. This funding is paid directly to us on an hourly rate basis, linked to claimed hours for entitled children. The annual value for a 15 hour place over a full year in 2023-2024 is £353.40 and since we are registered to offer early years places we can receive the EYPP. In order to be able to claim this funding we require parents to sign the funding agreement which asks for details of parent’s date of birth and National Insurance number.
The premium came into force in April 2015. We are required to publish details of:
- Our pupil premium allocation for the current academic year.
- Details of how we intend to spend our allocation.
- Details of how we spent our previous academic year’s allocation (when applicable).
- The difference to the attainment of disadvantaged pupils the funding has made.
We do not publish any information that could be used to identify individual pupils.
Which three-and four-year-olds will be eligible for the EYPP?
A child will be eligible for the EYPP if they:
- Are in a low-income family and their parents are in receipt of benefits (one or more), for example, Child Tax Credit and Income Support;
- Have been adopted from care;
- Have left care through special guardianship;
- Have been looked after by the local authority for at least the span of one day;
- Are subject to a child arrangement order.
As an Early Years setting, we have the freedom to choose how we spend the money to best support disadvantaged children in our care. Eastwood Nursery School received a total of £3,726 for the financial year 2021-2022 and used the additional funding in the following ways:
- The school will cover the cost of a school meal for those eligible for a FSM - EYPP
- Continue our commitment to furthering our knowledge within our continuing professional development by attending relevant training.
- Classroom cover arranged for experienced staff to run Heuristic Play and movement sessions
- Purchasing additional resources.
Measuring the impact of the EYPP
We are continually reviewing the data we collect on children’s attainment and refreshing our strategies to support children who are falling behind or in danger of doing so. The practical ideas that are implemented on a daily basis are only a few of the strategies used and their success can be monitored through the data. However, there are other ways that we measure and monitor the impact we have on families. These are:
- Parent questionnaires;
- Children’s progress data
- Parent feedback through exit interviews
- Parent meetings
- Success after the implementation of any referrals
- Conversations with professionals we work alongside to support families
- Feedback from feeder primary schools;
- Case studies
- Early Years Learning Journeys
