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Early years pupil premium (EYPP)

The EYPP is extra funding to support disadvantaged children in your early years provision. Get to grips with who is eligible and how much funding you can receive.

Updated
on 11 March 2025See updates
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Contents
  1. What is it and how much can we get?
  2. Who's eligible?
  3. It's your responsibility to identify eligible children
  4. There are no set conditions for using the funding
  5. Examples of EYPP spending

What is it and how much can we get?

The early years pupil premium (EYPP) is extra funding that local authorities (LAs) give early years providers to support disadvantaged children under the age of 4.

If your setting is eligible, for the 2025-26 financial year you'll receive at least £1 per hour, per eligible pupil, up to 570 hours – so at least £570 per year, per pupil if the full 570 hours are taken.

This is outlined in the operational guide for early years entitlements (section 9.5). 

Who's eligible?

A child will be eligible for the EYPP if they receive 1 of the following:

  • The universal 15 hours entitlement for 3 and 4 year-olds
  • The 15 hours entitlement for disadvantaged 2-year-olds
  • The 15 hours entitlement for 2-year-olds of working parents
  • The 15 hours entitlement for children aged 9 months to 2 years of working parents

and they meet any of the following criteria: