disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds - such is the promise of the
Early Years Pupil Premium.
However, as our Analysis (pages 12-13) in this issue shows, while the money is undoubtedly welcome, there are a series of challenges to be overcome.
The timing of universal infant free school meals is not helpful in terms of identifying children who qualify for EYPP. Already, schools are seeing numbers of children in their first three years of school claiming pupil premium dropping as parents no longer have the direct benefit of free food to incentivise them to register.
Nurseries have no such incentive to offer, and now cannot be aided by knowing that older siblings of the children in their care are eligible because of free school meal take-up.
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