Howard Street Nursery

PUPIL PREMIUM STRATEGY STATEMENT

The aim of the Early Years Pupil Premium is to narrow or close the gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and other children, by providing additional funding to schools and settings such as ours, therefore providing the opportunity to raise the quality of provision we offer.

Children aged between 9 months to 4 years who meet the eligibility criteria will benefit from the funding. This funding is paid directly to our nursery setting on an hourly rate basis, linked to claimed hours for entitled children. In order to be able to claim this funding we require parents to sign the funding agreement which asks for details of parent’s date of birth and National Insurance or NASS (Asylum) number.

A child may be eligible for the EYPP if parents/carers are entitled to any of the following:

1. Income Support.
2. Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance.
3. Income-related Employment and Support Allowance.
4. Support under part six of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
5. The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit.
6. 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.
7. Working Tax Credit run-on, which is paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit.
8. Universal Credit - your household income must be less than £7,400 a year after tax not including any benefits you get.

Alternatively, a child may be entitled if they are:

1. Looked After
2. Subject to a Special Guardianship Order (SGO).
3. Subject to a Child Arrangements Order (CAO).

As an Early Years setting we have the freedom to choose how we spend the money to best support disadvantaged children in our care. Our Nursery School will use any additional funding in the following ways:

1. Continue our commitment to furthering our knowledge by attending training relevant to our cohort’s needs.
2. Provide support to families.
3. Providing additional staff to allow us to work with children on a 1-1 basis and in small groups.
4. Purchase additional resources.

For more information on Pupil Premium, please see the DfE website here.