Chesterton Playgroup

Parent Information: Pupil Premium

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EYFS

From April 2015, nurseries, schools, childminders and other childcare providers will be able to claim extra funding through the Early Years Pupil Premium to support children's development, learning and care. This is a voluntary funding scheme that you can apply for if you believe your child is entitled to extra funding. Certain criteria is required and 3 and 4-year-olds in funded early education will be eligible for EYPP funding if they meet at least one 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 VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
Child Tax Credit (provided you are 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 for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
Universal Credit

Your child has been in local-authority care for one day or more in England or Wales
Your child has been adopted from care in England or Wales
Your child has left care under a special guardianship order or residence order in England or Wales.

Four-year-olds in primary school reception classes who already receive the

school-age pupil premium are not eligible for EYPP funding.
Children will be eligible from the term after their third birthday, in line with the universal entitlement to free early education for three and four year olds, which they should be taking up.

The Early Years Pupil Premium provides an extra amount of funding per hour for three and four year old children whose parents are in receipt of certain benefits or who have been in care or adopted from care. This means the setting could receive an extra £300 plus a year for each child taking up the full 570 hours funded entitlement to early education.
This additional money goes straight to the pre-school who will be able to utilise the extra funding in order to benefit your child's education.
If you believe you may be eligible please speak to Adam Couling, Administrator, who will be happy to help you.

Further information can be found on the Oxfordshire County Council Website. Please use the following link to find further information:

Early Years Pupil Premium Information - Parents
You can apply for pupil premium funding on our termly funding form which is handed out at the beginning of each term.

Link to A5 flyer regarding pupil premium from the Oxfordshire county council website:

EYPP for parents

Chesterton Playgroup The Village Hall Alchester Road Chesterton Oxfordshire OX26 1UN
Contact Details	Julia Shillito and Claire Hall 01869 360593 (Playgroup Manager Team) General e-mail contact admin@chestertonplaygroup.org.uk