Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) is additional government funding to support your 3 and 4 year old’s early education. From April 2024, EYPP eligibility will be extended to all age groups accessing funded provision – 2 year-olds and older from April 2024 and 9 month-olds and older from September 2024.
Your child’s early education provision: pre-school, nursery or childminder, could directly receive this funding, which is paid at a rate set by the government, for your child to support their individual learning, if they are eligible.
They will work with you to carefully consider the learning and development needs of your child and use this additional funding to support them with:
- personal, social and emotional development
- communication and language
- physical development
- literacy
- mathematics
- understanding the world
- expressive arts and design.
When OfstedOfstedOfsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. It inspects services providing education and skills for learners of all ages. It also inspects and regulates services that care for children and young people. inspect your childcare setting they will check to see that the EYPP funding is helping your child learn, develop and get ready for school.
High quality early education can influence how well a child does at both primary and secondary school. Therefore, it is important to make the most of this additional funding.
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Is my child eligible?
You can apply for if your child is receiving early education funding at a nursery, pre-school or childminding setting.
You must also get one of the following:
You may also get EYPP if your child is:
- currently being looked after by a local authority in England or Wales,
- or if your child has left care in England or Wales through:
- adoption
- special guardianship order
- a child arrangements order
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How do I apply?
If you think your family meets the eligibility criteria, the next steps are:
Speak to your childcare provider and let them know.
You must complete section 3. PARENT/CARER DETAILS of the Parent Declaration form (which your provider will supply).
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