Early Years Pupil Premium
Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) funding is additional funding for early years settings to improve the education we provide, raise the quality of our provision and as a result close the gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and other children.
All children, who meet the eligibility criteria will benefit from the funding. The funding is paid directly to us on an hourly rate basis, linked to claimed hours for entitled children.
As an Early Years setting we have the freedom to choose how we spend the money to maximise the impact on children’s learning and development and thus narrow the gap. We received £2,394.00 for the financial year 2022-2023 and we have used the additional funding in the following ways:
- Forest school delivery and transport
- Targeted Parent and child workshops through our Community Programme
- Training for staff
- Buying in specialist workshops, for example, Little Kickers, Poet
- Providing additional staff role – Support to run intervention groups and child initiated play of those children identified as at risk of underachievement
- Expeditions into the local community which support children’s learning and social development
- Paying for lunch and occasional extended day for children in need
Measuring the impact
We are continually reviewing the impact of interventions and progress for individual children and vulnerable groups. Collating data allows us to measure the impact and plan accordingly. Some of the ways we measure and monitor the impact on outcomes for pupils are:
- Workshop Evaluation forms
- Parent Coffee Mornings
- Achievement Subcommittees and Governor Meetings, observing in class tracking
- Parent questionnaires
- Formal meetings and consultations
- Termly monitoring of data
- Regular assessment and Individual target setting