EYPP / DAF Audit Forms
Early years pupil premium (EYPP)
The EYPP gives providers additional funding to support disadvantaged children accessing an entitlement place.
For 2024 to 2025, EYPP will be extended to all 2-year-olds and under accessing the entitlements and meeting the eligibility criteria detailed below.
8.1 Eligibility
A child will be eligible for EYPP if the child receives either:
- The universal 15 hours entitlement for 3 and 4-year-olds
- The 15 hours entitlement for disadvantaged 2-year-olds
- From April 2024, the 15 hours entitlement for children aged 2 years of working parents
or
- From September 2024, the 15 hours entitlement for children aged 9 months to 2-years-old of working parents and they meet any of the following criteria:
Their family gets one of the following:
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 they are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit
For more information please visit Early years entitlements: local authority funding operational guide 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)