EYPP: the basics
Allocated funding Government sets the rate of Early Years Pupil Premium as part of the allocation of early years funding annually. How EYPP works Children who
Early Education received funding from the Department for Education under its 2015-16 Voluntary and Community Sector grants programme, for a project to support and evaluate strategies for implementing the Early Years Pupil Premium. This project has now finished.
Our aim was to find out how to help the early years sector make the best possible use of the EYPP, and to demonstrate the impact it can have.
We had 15 pilot local networks running in 15 local authority areas in England, under the umbrella of the national project. The local networks were collaborative ventures. The main focus was the effective spending of the EYPP money and how settings might record this. Participating settings worked in partnership with others, to share ideas and experiences and help their EYPP money go further. It was up to each local network to agree what forms of activity and support were most helpful, but these could include network meetings training opportunities or consultancy.
We also had an overarching national network which disseminated ideas and case studies from the project and shared free resources to support practitioners’ thinking and planning of expenditure as well as exploring ways to measure the impact.
You can now download our project report, summarising the main outcomes of the project and making recommendations for practitioners, local authorities and government.
Also available is Practical tips on allocating Early Years Pupil Premium Funding – our brief guide to making best use of EYPP, based on the outcomes of the project.
For more resources from the project, see the side menu.
If you would like assistance with effective use of your EYPP, please see details of how our Associates can help.
Allocated funding Government sets the rate of Early Years Pupil Premium as part of the allocation of early years funding annually. How EYPP works Children who
There are a range of sources that can help you to refine your decision making processes in regard to EYPP. This list is not exhaustive.
It is important to be able to justify the choices you make as to how you spend the EYPP money. The focus needs to be
Here are some ideas of how you might spend the EYPP funding. It is important to think about which option(s) are most relevant for your
Schools have been receiving Pupil Premium since 2011 and there is much material available to us to learn from. There are reviews on the Ofsted
It is important to include families in helping to shape your decisions in relation to developments you want to make. Families know their circumstances best
The small amount of the EYPP funding per child means that partnership working will be a key way to making your funding go further. Especially
In most cases, sound early years principles and practices are already in place in settings. The EYPP funding allows settings to review and refine what
When justifying your EYPP expenditure it will be important to monitor at two separate points ie a starting point and again after the intervention. There
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