![]() Westfield Nursery School
Westfield Road Dunstable Bedfordshire LU6 1DL Tel: 01582 608650 Email: office@westfieldnurseryschool.org Head Teacher - Mrs Elizabeth Collins |
EARLY YEARS PUPIL PREMIUM (EYPP)

Early Years Pupil Premium Funding is extra funding received by settings to support pupils from disadvantaged areas.
EARLY YEARS PUPIL PREMIUM STATEMENT.

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EARLY YEARS PUPIL PREMIUM FUNDING
The government currently allocates additional funding to schools in the form an ‘Early Years Pupil Premium Fund’.
It is very important to claim this funding for your child as it gives settings extra funds to meet your child’s needs. In early Years this funding is allocated automatically when you complete the ‘Parent/ Carer Declaration/ Provider Agreement Form for Nursery Education Funding for 3 & 4 Year Olds.’
Nursery is told if your child is eligible and they will ensure your child is supported appropriately.
Is my child eligible for Early Years Pupil Premium Funding?
Children who are eligible for this funding include
-Children entitled to free school meals
-Children adopted from care
-Children under special guardianship
In order to claim Early Years Pupil Premium Funding a parent/ carer must be claiming one of the following benefits:
-Income support
-Income-based jobseekers’ allowance
-Income-related employment and support allowance
-Support under Part IV of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
-The guaranteed element of state pension credit
-Child tax credit, provided that you are not also entitled to working tax credit and have an annual gross income of £16,190 or less
-Working Tax credit run-on (paid for four weeks after you stop receiving Working Tax Credit)
Or
-if your child has been in Local Authority Care for 1 day or more in England or Wales
-They have been adopted from care in England or Wales
-They have left care under a Special Guardianship Order or Residence Order in England or Wales
It is very important to claim this funding for your child as it gives settings extra funds to meet your child’s needs. In early Years this funding is allocated automatically when you complete the ‘Parent/ Carer Declaration/ Provider Agreement Form for Nursery Education Funding for 3 & 4 Year Olds.’
Nursery is told if your child is eligible and they will ensure your child is supported appropriately.
Is my child eligible for Early Years Pupil Premium Funding?
Children who are eligible for this funding include
-Children entitled to free school meals
-Children adopted from care
-Children under special guardianship
In order to claim Early Years Pupil Premium Funding a parent/ carer must be claiming one of the following benefits:
-Income support
-Income-based jobseekers’ allowance
-Income-related employment and support allowance
-Support under Part IV of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
-The guaranteed element of state pension credit
-Child tax credit, provided that you are not also entitled to working tax credit and have an annual gross income of £16,190 or less
-Working Tax credit run-on (paid for four weeks after you stop receiving Working Tax Credit)
Or
-if your child has been in Local Authority Care for 1 day or more in England or Wales
-They have been adopted from care in England or Wales
-They have left care under a Special Guardianship Order or Residence Order in England or Wales
OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN WHO RECEIVE EARLY YEARS PUPIL PREMIUM FUNDING

Forest School
These are outdoor learning experiences. Children are stimulated by the outdoors and typically experience, over time, an increase in their self- belief, confidence, learning capacity, enthusiasm, communication and problem-solving skills and emotional well-being.
‘My Time’
Children attending this group focus on naming and identifying emotions and building their own self-esteem and resilience; this supports their language development. All this is achieved through play activities.
Lift Off to Language
Lift Off to Language includes a variety of activities, which introduce a wide range of vocabulary for each child and by working in small groups, each activity allows the child to express themselves individually. (Focussed on either 2 year olds or 3-4 year olds.)
Games Group
This group supports children interacting with each other, turn taking and sharing.
Reading Group
This group celebrates story with children being able to join in with repeated refrains, discuss characters, settings and plot and hear and play with rhyme and alliteration.
1:1 sessions
These are to work on targets set by outside agencies.
Other Learning Opportunities
At Nursery we also commit to providing:
-a musical concert
-an animal experience; Ark Farm
-a show; The pantomime which was 'Jack and the Beanstalk' this year
-a variety of visitors; such as the police officer or librarian
-food tasting opportunities; termly healthy food activities
These are outdoor learning experiences. Children are stimulated by the outdoors and typically experience, over time, an increase in their self- belief, confidence, learning capacity, enthusiasm, communication and problem-solving skills and emotional well-being.
‘My Time’
Children attending this group focus on naming and identifying emotions and building their own self-esteem and resilience; this supports their language development. All this is achieved through play activities.
Lift Off to Language
Lift Off to Language includes a variety of activities, which introduce a wide range of vocabulary for each child and by working in small groups, each activity allows the child to express themselves individually. (Focussed on either 2 year olds or 3-4 year olds.)
Games Group
This group supports children interacting with each other, turn taking and sharing.
Reading Group
This group celebrates story with children being able to join in with repeated refrains, discuss characters, settings and plot and hear and play with rhyme and alliteration.
1:1 sessions
These are to work on targets set by outside agencies.
Other Learning Opportunities
At Nursery we also commit to providing:
-a musical concert
-an animal experience; Ark Farm
-a show; The pantomime which was 'Jack and the Beanstalk' this year
-a variety of visitors; such as the police officer or librarian
-food tasting opportunities; termly healthy food activities
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