Early Years Pupil Premium – EYPP
The early years pupil premium (EYPP) is additional funding that a childcare provider can claim on behalf of your child. Childcare providers can claim an additional £300 per year, if your child meets certain eligibility criteria. This money will be spent on enriching your child's education with extra resources, equipment or experiences. At Little Footsteps we use EYPP funding in a wide range of ways depending on the cohort of children accessing the funding, in order to meet individual need. Here are a few examples:
- To deliver Speech and Language inventions such as ‘Teddy Talk’ & ‘Talk Boost’
- Increasing staff ratio within the environment so we have more adults to support play, learning and education
- Facilitating visits within the community such as visits to the nearby care home
- Providing enriching activities such as baking
- Delivering regular yoga and the resources to offer this
- Purchasing resources such as mathematics equipment or emotional literacy equipment.
Please follow link to NCC website for further information
SEN inclusion Funding – SENIF & EHCP Funding
In Norfolk, we expect all children aged 0-5 to be provided with a standard Universal Offer when accessing education and childcare from providers offering early years provision. For some children they may also benefit from some additional support, which initially will be organised by the provider by optimising existing provision resources and other non-financial support currently available from the Local Offer and other external sources. Where necessary with parental consent the provider may seek funding to address the individual needs of children with SEN.
At Little Footsteps, children who require additional support to aid learning and access education, we will, with parental consent, introduce a support plan or positive behaviour plan. For children who require this level of support we will apply for SENIF Funding.
Children who have an EHCP in place will be entitled to SEN EHCP Funding, we will apply for this funding through NCC.
Little Footsteps uses both these types of funding in various ways, our biggest use of the funding is to increase staff ratio and allow those children who require additional support to have some level of 1:1 adult supervision. Other ways we use this funding:
- Purchasing resources and equipment to support children’s individual needs.
- Implementing different interventions other than universal offer, such as ‘Attention Autism’
- Staff training to meet individual need.
Please follow link to NCC website for further information
SENIF and EHCP funding - Norfolk Schools and Learning Providers - Norfolk County Council
Disability Access Fund (DAF)
This fund is available to early years providers to support children with special educational needs and disability (SEND) by removing barriers which prevent children from accessing their free early education entitlement. The Disability Access Fund (DAF) offers funding to early years providers to support children in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and eligible to receive a funded place. To claim this funding, a child must meet certain national criteria.
Please follow link to NCC website for further information
Disability access fund - Norfolk Schools and Learning Providers - Norfolk County Council
Tax-Free Childcare
Tax-free childcare is a Government scheme to help eligible working families save on their childcare costs. Eligible working parents and carers can get up to £500 every three months (up to £2,000 a year per child).
Little Footsteps are proud to be a provider that offers parents the ability to pay their childcare free via Tax-Free Childcare.
Please follow link to NCC website for further information
Tax-free childcare - Norfolk County Council
And the Childcare Choices website:
Universal Credits
You may be able to claim back up to 85% of your childcare costs if you’re eligible for Universal Credits. You (and your partner if you live with them) will usually need to either:
- be working - it does not matter how many hours you or your partner work
- have a job offer
The most you can get back each month is:
- £1,014.63 for one child
- £1,739.37 for 2 or more children
For more information please use link to Gov.uk website
Help paying for childcare: Universal Credit and childcare - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
And the Childcare Choices website:
Early Years Funding
Universal funding for 3 & 4 year olds
The majority of 3 year olds are entitled to a maximum of 570 hours funded childcare per year, the term after they turn 3 years of age and until they reach statutory school age. This is known as the universal entitlement. This entitlement equates to 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year (Term time offer), or fewer hours per week over more weeks of the year (stretched offer). At Little Footsteps our stretched offer is 11 hours per week for 51.8 weeks a year.
At Little Footsteps funding can we used term time only or all year round, and we are very flexible in how parents use their entitlement.
For more information
2 year old Funding if you claim benefits
Your 2-year-old can get free childcare if you live in England and get any of the following benefits:
- Income Support
- income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Universal Credit, and your household income is £15,400 a year or less after tax, not including benefit payments
- the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit (or both), and your household income is £16,190 a year or less before tax
- the Working Tax Credit 4-week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)
2-year-olds can also get free childcare if they:
- are looked after by a local authority
- have an education, health and care (EHC) plan
- get Disability Living Allowance
- have left care under an adoption order, special guardianship order or a child arrangements order
If you are eligible you will be entitled to a maximum of 570 hours funded childcare per year, the term after your child turns 2 years of age and until the term after they turn 3 years of age. This entitlement equates to 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year (Term time offer), or fewer hours per week over more weeks of the year (stretched offer). At Little Footsteps our stretched offer is 11 hours per week for 51.8 weeks a year.
At Little Footsteps funding can we used term time only or all year round, and we are very flexible in how parents use their entitlement
For more information
Expanded funding for children from 9 months of age
Currently, eligible working parents of 3- and 4-year-olds can access 30 hours of childcare support, a maximum of 1140 hours funded childcare per year, the term after they turn 3 years of age and until they reach statutory school age. This entitlement equates to 30 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year (Term time offer), or fewer hours per week over more weeks of the year (stretched offer). At Little Footsteps our stretched offer is 22 hours per week for 51.8 weeks a year.
Eligible working parents of 2-year-olds are also now able to access 15 hours childcare support, a maximum of 570 hours funded childcare per year, the term after your child turns 2 years of age and until the term after they turn 3 years of age. This entitlement equates to 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year (Term time offer), or fewer hours per week over more weeks of the year (stretched offer). At Little Footsteps our stretched offer is 11 hours per week for 51.8 weeks a year.
From September 2024, 15 hours childcare support will be extended to eligible working parents with a child from 9-months-old (the term after they reach 9 months of age).
From September 2025 eligible working parents with a child from 9-months-old can access 30 hours of childcare support
At Little Footsteps funding can we used term time only or all year round, and we are very flexible in how parents use their entitlement.
For more information
Childcare expansion | Childcare Choices
How to apply for help with childcare for working parents | Childcare Choices
