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The Early Years Pupil Premium

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Content

• Introduction, key objectives and eligibility criteria –

slides 3- 5

• Proposed funding arrangements – slide 6
• Checking eligibility and transitional arrangements –

slides 7

• Effective use of the EYPP and evaluation – slides 9 and

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• Group Discussion Topics

• On 18 March, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Prime Minister

announced funding of £50 million in 2015-16 to support disadvantaged three and four year olds through an Early Year Pupil Premium (EYPP)

• The EYPP will provide nurseries, schools and other providers of

government funded early education with extra money for this group of children

• It will be introduced in April 2015
• The Government consultation on the operation of the EYPP, which

closed on 22 August attracted considerable interest – over 450

• responses. We are currently considering these and will respond in due

course

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Key objectives

We know that all children can benefit from a good early education. However:

• Disadvantaged three and four year olds are up to 7 percentage

points less likely to participate in early education;

• In 2013 36% of pupils eligible for Free School Meal (FSM) achieved

a good level of development in the early years foundation stage compared with 55% of other pupils;

• 82% of early years settings are good or outstanding in the most

affluent 20% of areas compared to 68% in the least affluent 20%.

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Who will be eligible? The eligibility criteria mirrors the Schools Pupil Premium. Three and four year olds in any early years setting who:

• Meet the criteria for FSM or
• Have been looked after by the local authority for at least
• ne day or
• Have been adopted from care or
• Are subject of a special guardianship and/or child

arrangements order.

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Proposed funding arrangements

• £50 million in financial year 2015-16
• Allocated to LAs through the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG)

and from LAs to providers

• Funding will follow the child (a set national per child

amount)

• Providers will be accountable for how funding is used

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Checking eligibility

We want LAs to be able to use the Eligibility Checking Service (ECS).

• Providers will ask parents to identify if they are eligible and if so to

provide their National Insurance Number (LAs won’t have to check all parents)

• Providers will pass the NI number to LAs to check on ECS whether

parents are in receipt of the relevant benefits to determine eligibility to EYPP

• Parents will be given the option to opt out

This may require changes to primary legislation. If so, we will aim to introduce them by April 2015.

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How do we ensure that EYPP is used effectively? As with the Schools Pupil Premium, we propose the main accountability route will be through Ofsted:

• Effective use and impact of the EYPP to be assessed under the

leadership and management judgement

• Amend the early years and schools census collections so that providers

must identify which children in their setting attract EYPP 8

Supporting providers to make effective use of the funding

• Evidence of good practice through organisations such as Education

Endowment Fund

• Peer support – re-focusing role of LAs in supporting Requires

Improvement providers, and championing the interests of disadvantaged children

• Growing the role of teaching schools in the early years, including

supporting early years providers locally Understanding impact at national level

• Outcome data
• Data on quality and take up
• Research on use of funding

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Discussion Topic 1 10 What type of advice/guidance from the DfE would you find helpful

PROTECT – NOT FOR WIDER CIRCULATION

11 Discussion Topic 2 How will you use the extra funding?

• How might providers with a small number of eligible children

use the funding to best effect?

• How might providers with a large number of eligible children

use the funding?