EYPP guidance and resources
This is additional funding for providers to support children who are in receipt of FEEE funding from disadvantaged backgrounds. It enables providers to improve the quality of their provision and thus bridge the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers.
Eligible providers
All registered private, voluntary and independent early years providers and childminders will be able to claim EYPP for eligible children if they receive at least one hour of free early years entitlements provision (up to a maximum of 570 hours per year) and their parent or carer receives one or more of the following benefits:
- Income Support
- income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- support under Part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
- Universal Credit, if the parent or carer’s annual net household income is less than £7,400, not including any benefits
If the child was previously looked after by a local authority in England or Wales through adoption, a special guardianship order or a child arrangements order, they are also eligible.
Parents / carers may also get early years pupil premium if the child is currently being looked after by a local authority in England or Wales or if the child has left care in England or Wales through:
- adoption
- special guardianship order
- a child arrangements order
If a provider receives an ‘Inadequate’ Ofsted grade or a childminder who is registered with a Childminding Agency receives an ‘Ineffective’ grade, then no children will be funded. A second ‘Inadequate or ‘Ineffective’ grade will mean that all funding is removed as soon as practicable.
| Age | EYPP entitlement |
|---|---|
| 9 month to 2 year olds | Payable on the working parent entitlement. |
| 2 year olds | Payable on either the entitlement for families in receipt of additional support or the working parent entitlement. Should be paid against the former first, if the child is eligible. |
| 3 and 4 year olds | Payable on the universal 15 hours’ entitlement only. |
For children who meet the income eligibility criteria, EYPP is paid per hour of early education entitlement they receive (up to a maximum of 570 hours per year).
Looked After Children
If the child is looked after, the EYPP payment will be automatically paid by the Local Authority.
The EYPP spend for the Leicestershire LAC children is included in the Personal Education Plan (PEP) document.
A child who is currently being looked after by a local authority in England or Wales and receives at least one hour of free early years entitlement provision is also eligible for EYPP. For these children, local authorities are required to pay EYPP for the full 570 hours per year, regardless of the number of hours of free early years entitlements the child receives.
FEEE fact sheet for EYPP:
Parent resources for providers
The leaflet below will support providers in promoting the EYPP to parents:
Transition to school and Pupil Premium
It is likely that EYPP children go on to be eligible for the Pupil Premium once they're in school, but it's not 100 percent definite. To make sure no child misses out on Pupil Premium early years providers should work with both feeder schools and parents to support take up.
Be aware that the funding works differently for the Early Years Pupil Premium (paid to early years providers) and the Pupil Premium (paid to schools) in how it's paid out, in relation to the eligibility criteria and in how eligibility is checked.
We have developed a leaflet for parents to raise awareness of the link between Free School Meals and the Pupil Premium in schools. It explains why it is important parents register their child for Free School Meals and give details on how they can check for eligibility.
Guidance on how the leaflet should be used
- Use the leaflet to instigate conversations with relevant families about the Pupil Premium in schools – decide between yourself and your feeder schools who will do this (ideally before the child starts school).
- We recommend that individual parents make the call themselves to the Free School Meals (FSM) team wherever possible (calls can be made before the child starts school – ie. from May/June).
- Early years providers/schools may support individuals to make the call to the FSM team should that be necessary. They can also call on behalf of a parent (with permission) but this should be in exceptional circumstances. If parents express a request for support be sure to have systems in place.
- Leicestershire County Council expect pre-schools/schools to refer to and follow their own data protection policies in relation to sharing information for the purposes of the PP and FSM.
- Pre-schools/schools should not send in completed leaflets to Leicestershire County Council – the leaflet contains a notes section and this should only be used as such, as a prompt for parents, so they know what questions they're likely to be asked when they call the FSM team.