What is the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP)?
The EYPP was introduced by the government in April 2015. It was additional funding (roughly £342 per year per eligible child) for early years settings to improve the education they provide for disadvantaged 3 and 4 year olds.
From April 2024 the EYPP was extended to 2-year-old children in receipt of working parent or disadvantaged funded hours as well as the current 3 & 4-year-old children who are accessing their universal hours. From September 2024 EYPP was further extended for 9 – 23-month-old children accessing their working parent funded hours. In April 2025 the funding was raised to £570 for all children aged 9 months to 4-years-old.
It is designed to narrow the attainment gap between young children from low-income families and their peers by improving the facilities, equipment and learning experiences to benefit the growth and development of eligible children. More information about the EYPP is available
Early Years Pupil Premium | EEF
How can you help?
If you receive one of the benefits listed, we will be able to access this Early Years Pupil Premium for your child. We will need to make a note of your:
National Insurance Number
Date of Birth
Surname
We are then able to check your child's eligibility.
How will we use the extra money?
Communication - Real Experiences - Parents
The extra funding that we receive from Early Years Pupil Premium will be spent in a number of ways. We will spend some of the funding on additional training to ensure that all interactions between adults and children are of the highest quality. We will continue to provide real experiences for our children and their families. We hope to inspire and enthuse everyone – children, parents and staff alike and encourage them to talk about their experiences and what they have learnt together. Experiences are carefully planned for with a focus on particular skills and vocabulary. Each child will have an individual plan that will consider; where the child is at developmentally; identify next steps and then tailor the right experiences thinking about the hoped for impact each experience may bring. We will record experiences in different ways (photos, videos, drawings, audio) and revisit them with children and their families, encouraging talk and communication and reliving and consolidating the learning that took place.
We hope to take children out of Nursery as often as we can, to local parks, shops, libraries, theatres and further afield to farms, woods, beaches and other exciting places! We will take parents and carers too and aim to broaden horizons and show families some of the exciting things they can do with young children that will make learning real and memorable as well as lots of fun!
We will also organise lots of real learning experiences in Nursery! Children and families are central to all that we do and we involve them in all aspects of Nursery life. Children help to prepare the food for their snack. In previous years children have contributed to the redesign of our Nursery Garden and parents have been involved in deciding important elements of our curriculum; impacting on our curriculum design.
Another key part of learning at Lilycroft Nursery School for children from two to five are the people (and animals) that we invite to visit us on a regular basis. Children and families have enjoyed visits from story tellers, dancers, musicians and artists, the Emergency Services and Birds and Animals galore! Click here to see our news of what we’ve been up to recently.
We are also very lucky to have experienced enthusiasts and specialists who works with our children on regular projects. Adam is one of our most experienced members of staff and knows the needs of our children and families inside out! We design sessions to suit the particular needs and interests of small groups and individual children, enabling us to focus precisely on the areas of learning and social / emotional well-being that will engage them and enable them to progress.
The extra money from Early Years Pupil Premium enables all this to happen and for those eligible children has a recognisable impact on their learning, progress and achievement both now and in the future.
How much money have we received
|
Summer 2024 |
Autumn 2024 |
Spring 2025 |
Summer 2025 |
Autumn 2025 |
|
27/100 27% Children are eligible £4, 799 |
3-4’s 18/47 = 38% 2-3’s 7/43 = 16% Children are eligible £5, 712 |
3-4’s 29/68 = 43% 2-3’s 25/45 = 56% Children are eligible
£6, 610 |
3-4’s 34/86 = 40% 2-3’s 18/42 =43% Children are eligible
Estimated £9360 Actual value TBC in September 2025 |
What impact has there been?
3-4 Years
|
Area of Learning |
On Entry 24/25 At or Above |
On Exit July 25 At or Above |
On Exit July 2025 Good or better progress |
On Exit July 2025 Below good progress |
|
PSED Personal, Social and Emotional Dev |
0% 0/21 children |
24% 4/17 children |
75% 12/16 children |
25% 4/16 children |
|
CL Communication and Language |
0% 0/21 children |
29% 5/17 children |
81% 13/16 children |
19% 3/16 Children |
The impact of the additional experiences in these key areas of learning can be seen by the increase in numbers of children achieving At or Above Typical for their age on exit from Nursery and by the high percentages of good or better progress.
The increased focus on CL in 24/25 led to improvements in this area for the group of learners in receipt of EYPP funding.
In 25/26 we continue to focus on CL but with a specific focus on The World through outdoor learning. Adam will continue his project work around children's interests alongside their specific needs.
EYPP Strategy Statement