The Early Years Pupil Premium Information for providers

Consultation The consultation on the implementation of the early years pupil premium is open until 22 August. years-pupil-premium-and-funding-for-2-year- olds years-pupil-premium-and-funding-for-2-year- olds The Government will publish a response to the consultation in the Autumn. 2

What is the Early Years Pupil Premium? Extra funding : Early years providers will receive an extra £300 a year for each eligible child accessing the full 570 hours with them. All providers delivering funded early education places will be eligible to receive the EYPP. Children will not need to access the full entitlement to be eligible for the EYPP, providers will be paid on a pro rata basis. The EYPP will be set at a national hourly rate. Local authorities will pass the full rate for each eligible child onto the provider. 3

How should providers use the extra funding? To raise the quality of their early years education offer They should use evidence about what works when making decisions about how to spend the EYPP. They may wish to consider pooling their EYPP funding to purchase shared services and/or use the EYPP to buy services from teaching school alliances. Evidence shows that having a graduate in a setting helps to improve the quality of practice and that graduates made the biggest difference in settings in disadvantaged areas. 4

Who is eligible for the EYPP? Three and four year olds accessing funded early education who: Meet the criteria for Free School Meals; or have been looked after by the local authority for at least one day; or Have been adopted from care; or Are subject of a special guardianship order or child arrangements order. 5

How can providers support the EYPP? Providers will be responsible for passing on details of eligible children to LAs based on parental declaration. Declaration will be voluntary. Providers should make parents aware of the EYPP, highlighting the benefits for their child encouraging them to self declare. 6