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.
www.gov.uk/government/consultations/earlyyears-pupil-premium-and-funding-for-2-yearolds
• The Government will publish a response to the
consultation in the Autumn.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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