The early years pupil premium (EYPP) is extra funding that local authorities (LAs) give early years providers to support disadvantaged children under the age of 4.
If your child is eligible, the school could receive up to £388 per year, per pupil. 

Who's eligible?
For 2024-25, the EYPP has been extended to also include children aged 9 months to 2 years old, accessing the entitlements and meeting the eligibility criteria.
A child will be eligible for the EYPP if they receive 1 of the following:

• The universal 15 hours entitlement for 3 and 4 year-olds

• The 15 hours entitlement for disadvantaged 2-year-olds

• From April 2024, the 15 hours entitlement for 2-year-olds of working parents

• From September 2024, the 15 hours entitlement for children aged 9 months to 2 years of working parents and they meet any of the following criteria:

• The child's family receives 1 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)

  • Working tax credit run-on

  • Universal credit (household income must be less than £7,400 a year after tax, not including any benefits – this is assessed on up to 3 of the parent’s most recent universal credit assessment periods)

• The child is currently being looked after by a local authority in England or Wales

• The child has left care in England or Wales through:

  • An adoption order

  • A special guardianship order

  • A child arrangements order

When children become eligible
The EYPP is payable from the beginning of the term after an eligible child turns 9 months old, or the beginning of the term following their second or third birthday.

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What might the money be spent on:

It will depend on your child's needs as to what the money may be spent on, however, in the past, we have used it to deliver additional interventions, which may involve ECAT (Every Child a Talker), or additional resources to meet your child's needs. Resources and interventions may be purchased to support small groups of children.​