Early Years Pupil Premium
The Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) is additional funding for early years settings to improve the education they provide for disadvantaged 3- and 4-year olds.
Eligibility
3- and 4-year olds in state-funded early education will attract EYPP funding if they meet at least 1 of the following criteria:
Their family gets one of the following:
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Support under part IV of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guaranteed element of the State Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (provided they’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
- Working Tax Credit run-on, which is paid 4 weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
- Universal Credit
They are currently being looked after by a local authority in England or Wales.
They have left care in England or Wales through:
- an adoption
- a special guardianship order
- a child arrangement order
For more information about how Thornton Heath Nursery School receives and uses Early Years Pupil Premium please click on the links below: