Early years pupil premium eligibility criteria

Children are eligible for Early Years Pupil Premium when they receive one of the following entitlements:

• the universal 15 hours entitlement for 3 and 4 year olds
• the 15 hours entitlement for disadvantaged 2 year olds ('2 year old funding')
• the working parent entitlment for 2 year olds
• the working parent entitlement for children aged 9 months to 2 years old

and they meet any of the following criteria:

Economic

Families in receipt of one of the following:

• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Universal Credit - the household income must be less than £7,400 a year after tax, not including any benefits 
• Child Tax Credit - provided the parent / carer is not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190
• Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit

Care Leavers

Children who have left care in England or Wales through:

• adoption order
• special guardianship order
• child arrangements order

Looked after children

Children who are currently being looked after by a local authority in England or Wales. For these children, the funding is paid directly to the Virtual School for Children in Care.

Claiming Early Years Pupil Premium

Providers claim for this funding on The Education Portal. Information about how to claim and how payments work is available.