8.1 The local authority promotes equality and inclusion, to meet the needs of all families, children in care and children in need by working to remove barriers of access to funded places and working with parents/carers to give each child support to fulfil their potential.
Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) / Deprivation funding
8.2 Early Years' Pupil Premium (EYPP) / Deprivation funding is additional funding for providers to improve outcomes for children by providing enhanced learning and development support. Providers can claim an additional hourly supplement to the early years' entitlement funding, for all eligible children.
The provider should demonstrate how children who are eligible for EYPP benefit and what impact this additional funding has on children's outcomes.
Eligibility criteria for EYPP can be found in the early years entitlements: local authority funding of providers operational guide.
8.3 The provider can claim EYPP funding through 2 routes, either the economic route or non-economic route.
Funding and contracts on SchoolsNet provides further information about how to claim EYPP.
8.4 Economic route: Providers are encouraged to tick the EYPP box on the Provider Portal following receipt of the parent/carers signed FE1 to access the funding form in order to access funding for eligible children. Where an application has been made for EYPP based on economic criteria and the application has been approved, the deprivation supplement is automatically applied.
8.5 Non-economic route: Children in care or children that have left the care of the local authority through adoption, special guardianship, or child arrangement order and are accessing the early year's entitlement funding are eligible for EYPP.
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To claim EYPP/Deprivation funding for children that have left the care of the local authority through adoption, special guardianship, or a child arrangement order, providers must request a copy of the relevant 'order' from the family and forward a copy, with the setting's details, highlighting it is evidence for EYPP and Deprivation Funding to the following email address:
The provider will not be required to resubmit evidence, if already provided in previous terms.
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The provider should contact the local authority having legal responsibility for Children in Care to make a claim. For children who are in the care of Derbyshire County Council, providers should contact Virtual School by email virtualschool@derbyshire.gov.uk
More information can be found about children in care on SchoolsNet.