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Early Years Pupil Premium

Welcome to EYPP at Burmantofts Community Nursery

At Burmantofts Community Nursery (BCN), we are committed to ensuring every child has the opportunity to learn, develop and thrive. Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) provides additional funding to help us offer enhanced support and opportunities for eligible children aged 9 months to 4 years.

What is the Early Years Pupil Premium?

Research consistently shows that high-quality early education can have a lasting positive impact on children's learning, development and future outcomes. EYPP is additional government funding paid directly to early years’ settings to help provide targeted support for eligible children. It could be through new learning equipment, arranging visitor sessions and/or new experiences for children, educational toys and specialised training for staff, such as Speech & Language. You can find more information on the GOV.UK website here.

Who is Eligible for EYPP?

Your child may be eligible for EYPP if they access funded childcare and you receive certain benefits or support payments.

And you must also get at least one of the following:

Your child may also be eligible for pupil premium if your child is currently being looked after by a local authority in England or Wales, or if your child has left the care system in England or Wales through:

  • Adoption
  • Special Guardianship Order (SGO)
  • Child Arrangement Order (previously known as a Residence Order)

Disability Access Fund

If your child receives Disability Living Allowance for children and one of the following:

Some children may also be eligible for Disability Access Funding (DAF), which helps us make reasonable adjustments and provide additional support where needed. Speak to your childcare provider or Leeds City Council if you think your child is eligible. 

How Might EYPP Be Used?

We can use this extra funding in many different ways.  EYPP can help us provide:

  • Extra key person time
  • Baby signing
  • Sensory play
  • Music and rhyme sessions
  • Support with routines
  • Specialist Training
  • Staff cover to enable practitioners to attend specialist training
  • Learning resources
  • Focused Interventions such as Speech & Language programmes to help children and young children develop vocabulary
  • Additional resources to support you at home such as take-home bags filled resources and activities for families to use together
  • Parent workshops: Hosting free sessions to guide parents on supporting child's learning at home
  • School readiness and transition support

Working in Partnership with Families

You will receive:

  • Famly updates – we will keep you updated with your child’s progress using the Famly app and through talking with you at nursery
  • Stay-and-play sessions – we will let you know when these will be and welcome you into nursery
  • Home learning initiatives – we may lend you learning bags to enjoy with your child at home
  • Support with communication and language development- by providing targeted activities, high-quality interactions and, where appropriate, access to specialist advice to help children build their understanding, vocabulary and confidence in communicating with others.

We carefully monitor how EYPP funding is used and evaluate the difference it makes to children's learning, development and wellbeing. This ensures that funding is used effectively and has the greatest possible impact on outcomes for eligible children.

If you think your child may be eligible for Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP), please speak to a member of staff. We will ask you to complete a short declaration form and will check your eligibility with Leeds City Council. Any funding awarded is paid directly to the nursery and used to enhance children's learning, development and wellbeing

📞 Want to Check Eligibility or Ask Questions?

Speak to a member of the Nursery Staff or contact Leeds City Council here.

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