Three-year-old Hugh* often didn’t turn up at nursery on the two days he was supposed to. His sporadic attendance gradually became no attendance at all. Staff called Hugh’s mum, who revealed that the family car, used to transport him to nursery, had broken down, and there was no money to repair it. Luckily, Hugh was eligible for Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) funding, so the setting decided to use some of that money to pay for his bus fare to nursery.
Caroline Eaton, EYPP project lead for Early Education, which is running a programme looking at strategies for implementing the funding, says, ‘He went from no attendance to 100 per cent, and his mother now feels the setting cares for her and she is a valued member of the community.’ As a result of being there more often, he has made more friends – and a relatively small spend has made a big impact.
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