EARLY YEARS PUPIL PREMIUM: PRE-SCHOOL SUPPORT FUNDING

Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) is additional funding for early years pre-school settings to improve the education they provide for disadvantaged 3- and 4 year-olds including, but not restricted to, those adopted from care.

The funding goes directly to registered early years providers that offer children the free early education entitlement.

WHAT IT PAYS FOR?

Funding equates to £302 per child per year (pro-rata for children who access less than the full free early years entitlement) and early years providers can choose how they use the money to improve the quality of provision they offer. For instance, they could:

• Pool the Early Years Pupil Premium to purchase shared services such as an Early Years Graduate or Speech and Language Therapist
• Provide additional training for staff
• Enhance speech and language development initiatives

WHO IS ELIGIBLE? 

Early Years Pupil Premium can be claimed by the early education provider if a child at their setting is accessing free early education and the child is:

• aged 3 or 4 (but not 4 year-olds in reception class at school)
• living in England
• has left care under an adoption order or a special guardianship order or a residence order/child arrangements order

or

• the child’s parent or carer is in receipt of a qualifying benefit

We will ask parents to self-declare that their child meets the eligibility for the Early Years Pupil Premium. It is not compulsory, but it helps us if parents are willing to provide this information. 

FURTHER INFORMATION

Please contact the school office if you believe your child may be entitled to claim this funding

ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR NURSERY CARE

Little Fishes Nursery sessions 8.45am until 11.45am - £20 - per session (for families not entitled to funding)

Rainbow Fishes optional Early drop off sessions 8.30am start - £3.30 per day

Rainbow Fishes optional Extended pick-up sessions 3.30pm - £3.30 per day

Rainbow Fishes Additional 15 hours (for children who attend 30 hours a week but are only entitled to 15 hours of funding) - £20 per session

Please note that selected additional hours are applicable across the whole week in Rainbow Fish. We do not offer different timings on different days.

Little Fishes children must attend for a minimum of 2 days a week ( we recommend at least 3 days to enable the children to feel settled).