Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP)

Eligibility

A disadvantaged 3 and 4 year old will need to meet the following criteria to be eligible for Early Years Pupil Premium.

The family must get one of the following:

• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit 
• Child Tax Credit  (provided they’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190.00)
• Working Tax Credit  run-on, which is paid for 4 weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• Universal Credit

Or, they are currently being looked after by a local authority in England or Wales

Or, they have left care in England or Wales through:

• An adoption
• A special guardianship order
• A child arrangement order

Children must receive free early education in order to attract EYPP funding. They do not have to take up the full 570 hours of early education they are entitled to in order to get EYPP.

Children become eligible for free early education at different points in the year depending on when they turn 3.

Identifying eligible children

Early years providers are ultimately responsible for identifying eligible children. However, providers are encouraged to speak to parents to find out who is eligible for EYPP funding.

In particular, providers should speak to the parents of children who took up the early education entitlement for 2 year olds, as most of the children will attract EYPP when they turn 3.

Funding details

The Early Years Pupil Premium is extra funding paid to a registered childcare provider to support children’s development, learning and care.

How can the extra funds help children in my care?
This extra funding can be used in lots of ways to give them the best start in life and prepare them for full time school. For example, the funding can be used to provide;

• Specialist training for staff e.g. speech and language development
• Extra or individual support in a particular learning area
• Extra equipment to support particular development
• Additional staffing or staff hours to enable further support for children in your care

Early years and childcare providers will have to demonstrate to Ofsted, the regulator of these services, how they have used these extra funds to support children in your care.

Applying for this funding

Providers must ensure the relevant section within the Parent/Provider Agreement (PPA-U) is filled in for eligible children.

Please note – For parents accessing their Extended Funding Entitlement, Pupil Premium will only be paid to providers for the Universal 15 hours a child attends. Any additional hours claimed under the Extended entitlement will not attract Pupil Premium funding.

Checking the eligibility of children who have been in local-authority care
You should follow a different process for identifying and checking the EYPP eligibility of children who:

• Have been adopted from local-authority care
• Have left care through a special guardianship order
• Are subject to a child arrangements order

You won’t be able to check these children’s eligibility through ECS. Instead, the parents, adoptive parents or guardians of these children will have to show you evidence of the court order that proves that the child was formally in local-authority care in either England or Wales.

Find out if a child is eligible for EYPP: