Nursery World - Early Years Pupil Premium Part 1: Staff measures

In the first article in a seven-part series on the Early Years Pupil Premium, Charlotte Goddard explores how settings are closing the
attainment gap through investment in staff.

One in four children now grows up in poverty. The majority of children in poverty are less ready for school than their peers, creating the 'attainment gap'. One of the Government's remedies for this is Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP). Applied for by parents, it amounts to an extra 53p per child per hour for disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds who are receiving the free entitlement to early education. Children who would be eligible for free school meals in Year 2 are also eligible. Like the Pupil Premium in schools, it is not ringfenced, so settings can spend it on resources that benefit all children. But managers must be able to demonstrate to Ofsted inspectors how effective the spend is in making a difference to disadvantaged children.

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