The Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) is an additional sum of money paid to childcare providers for children of families in receipt of certain benefits. This funding will be used to enhance the quality of their early years’ experience by improving the teaching and learning and facilities and resources, with the aim of impacting positively on their progress and development. For more information, please visit https://www.gov.uk/get-extra-early-years-funding

Our intention is that all pupils, irrespective of their background or the challenges they face, make good progress and meet their child development milestones. The focus of our pupil premium strategy is to support disadvantaged pupils to achieve that goal, including progress for those who are already high attainers.

In the academic year 2024-25 we received £2713.20 – This figure could change slightly as the number of children eligible for EYPP fluctuates over the year as we have termly admissions.

We regularly monitor children’s progress and the impact of our work through our OP&L observation and assessment system. Our starting point data for children eligible for EYPP is used to identify which targeted intervention would be most appropriate for a child’s current stage of development. Children may participate in a variety of interventions over the year.

Examples of interventions are:

Box Clever – ELSEC speech and language programme

Concept Cat – ELSEC speech and language programme

Lego Therapy – ELSEC speech and language programme

Interactive reading – Early Years Conversation Project

Forest School sessions

Sand therapy