Making effective use of Early Years Pupil Premium
About the project Early Education received funding from the Department for Education under its 2015-16 Voluntary and Community Sector grants programme, for a project to
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 on “closing the gap” and for this cohort of children to be making more rapid progress if there is an identified risk of delay or delay in their development. Remember that you will already have strategies in place for supporting these children and their families. This funding will enable you to refine and focus what you already do, as well as introduce further strategies. It is going to be important to analyse any information such as data from tracking systems, monitoring processes, parents’ comments etc and use this to decide how the money will be spent and again when assessing the impact of the spend.
It is sometimes useful to use a planning document that will support your thinking. A range of possible formats you might find helpful have been included here. These are starting points and can be adapted by you to suit your needs.
In addition it is sometimes helpful to decide on how you will spend the money and then think about how the impact may be extended. Here is a format that may help you to do this.
Each format has a section for you to analyse the success you have had and how you are planning to develop it further. This analysis is as important as the decision you make as to how the funding is going to be spent. This analysis will help you to be able to confidently show you have spent the money wisely.
Some local authorities developed formats that might help you to justify your spending and to help you decide on your spending.
Thinking about and allocating the funding is a process and you will become more expert at it over time.
About the project Early Education received funding from the Department for Education under its 2015-16 Voluntary and Community Sector grants programme, for a project to
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.
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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