Schools and other settings have been receiving the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) since 2015, and while many are using it to great effect, others are still struggling to ensure that the funding benefits eligible children, as was revealed in the recent Ofsted publication Unknown children – destined for disadvantage?
Ofsted found that in just under half of the 43 schools and settings it visited to compile the report, leaders and staff had often not identified the children who were entitled to EYPP. The report concludes, ‘More needs to be done to ensure that additional funding has sufficient impact’, and the inspectorate is calling for a requirement on schools and other settings to publish information on their websites about the impact of the EYPP.
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