9. Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP)
From April 2015, children who are currently claiming the 3 and 4 year old free education entitlement could be eligible for the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP). The Early Years Pupil Premium is additional funding used by the childcare provider to improve a child’s learning. The EYPP equates to up to £300 per year for each eligible child who takes up their 15 hours per week entitlement (570 hours). It is calculated at a rate of 53p and hour and the funding will follow the child and go to all providers that are delivering the funded early education entitlement.
Ofsted will hold providers to account for how they have used the EYPP to support their disadvantaged children through the regular inspection process and will be assessed under the leadership and management judgment.
Eligibility
Children will be eligible if they are 3 or 4 years old and receiving Government Free Early Education Entitlement and if they meet at least 1 of the following criteria;
If their family gets 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, which is paid for 4 weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
- Universal Credit
- They have been in local-authority care for 1 day or more in England or Wales
- They have been adopted from care in England or Wales
- They have left care under a special guardianship order or residence order in England or Wales
Children become eligible for free early education at different points in the year depending on when they turn 3.