Poorer children are now less likely to access Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) funding this year than ever before, after the Department for Education set aside £29.6m for 2019/20, 40% less than the 2015/16 spend of £49.4m.
EYPP provides additional funding of 53p per hour per eligible child to settings on measures to boost educational opportunities at nursery, and its impact of its spend has to be evidenced to Ofsted. ‘Given that EYPP is designed to narrow the attainment gap between young children from low-income families and their peers, this substantial fall is of significant concern', says the annual report from data company Ceeda, which revealed the data.
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