Hylton Red House Nursery School

What is Early Years Pupil Premium?
EYPP stands for 'Early Years Pupil Premium' - a government initiative that provides extra funding to childcare providers and school nurseries to support disadvantaged children aged nine months to four years old in their early education. 

In April 2025, the DfE increased funding for EYPP by 45% to £570 per child, per year (previously  £387.60). This equates to £1.00 per hour per child extra. Spread across 38 weeks@15 hours (570 hours). It is intended to help us try to close the attainment gap between the most disadvantaged pupils and their peers, (in Primary Schools this increases to £1,480 per pupil). 

Who are our eligible children?

Eligibility criteria are that families need to meet one of the following criteria:

• Income Support
• income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• support under part six of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Universal Credit - your household income must be less than £7,400 a year after tax, not including any benefits you get

You may also get early years pupil premium if your child is currently being looked after by a local authority in England or Wales or if your child has left care in England or Wales through:

• • adoption
  • special guardianship order
  • a child arrangements order

Eligibility will need to be checked annually to ensure circumstances haven’t changed.

 

 

How will we use EYPP to overcome barriers in 2024-2025?

Download our 2024-25 EYPP Strategy Statement

 

What is our philosophy relating to ‘closing the gap’?
Our core values promote the achievement of all pupils. Therefore we believe that we should be seeking ways to improve outcomes for all children through individualised approaches that are timely and have impact (long term as well as short term). Children who are eligible for EYPP should not be stereotyped as having less potential to succeed. 

Poverty and Wellbeing: World Health Organisation definition of health:

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

• Hunger, fuel poverty, access to services
• Health issues facing our families / support and information about services and benefits / integrate services (eg Nursery nurse)

 

Early Years Pupil Premium for 2023-24 (last academic year)

How the early years pupil premium allocation was spent:

 

The impact of that expenditure on eligible and other pupils

Typically, we  prioritise first-hand experiences, visitors and visits to enrich children's experiences. We are still experiencing a level of developmental delay related to the Covid-19 pandemic and we have prioritised funding in Prime areas of learning; children's language, their physical development and their personal and social development.  

Our data for July 2024 shows that children in receipt of EYPP made rapid and sustained progress up to exit, despite having significant levels of delay.  They made similar levels of progress as  non-EYPP children. Most EYPP children left at expected levels of development (30-50 months secure) and some exceeding (40-60 months emerging and within). See our Strategy Statement (above) for more detail. 

When is the next strategy review due?

November 2025

Early Years Pupil Premium averages (last 3 years)

EYPP figures fluctuate and increase across a school year (September - July)

We have lower numbers of children in Autumn Term and therefore lower EYPP. Numbers increase with a January intake and then increase again if we have an April intake. Please note these figures are FINANCIAL YEAR