Do you have a 3 or 4-year-old child at a nursery, pre-school or childminder? If so then you may be eligible for the early years pupil premium, which can provide up to £300 in additional funding to improve the quality of your child’s early education.
If you are eligible, your childcare provider will work with you to decide how best to use the additional funding to support your child, and will need to demonstrate to Ofsted the benefits to your child of the additional funding.
The money would then be paid directly to the nursery, preschool or childminder by Bath & North East Somerset Council.
You may be eligible if you are receiving any of the following:
• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support from NASS (National Asylum Support Service) under part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The Guarantee Element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (with no Working Tax Credit) with an annual income of no more than £16,190
• Working Tax Credit run-on
• Universal Credit
You child may also be eligible for additional support through the pupil premium when they go to school - up to £1,300 for pupils in reception year to Year 6, and £935 for pupils in Years 7 – 11.
For more information visit http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/pupilpremium or call 01225 394317.
