Findings from the Department for Education’s Early Years Pupil Premium survey of 1,049 providers reveals that one of the main reasons nurseries and schools did not apply for the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) funding was because they did not know enough about it. Some were unaware that they have to apply for the funding themselves.
Of the total number of providers that took part, 187 nurseries and 94 school-based providers hadn’t applied for the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP), along with two out of three childminders.
Nineteen per cent of nurseries and more than 20 per cent of school-based providers said that they hadn't applied because they didn't know enough about the EYPP. A quarter of nurseries said that they had heard of the funding, but knew almost nothing about it.
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