Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many inspections have been undertaken by Ofsted into the effective use of the Early Years Pupil Premium by providers in each year since that premium was introduced.

Ofsted collects evidence on the impact of the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) on children’s progress in its inspections of early years settings. This evidence forms part of the assessment of the setting to arrive at an overall inspection judgement. Ofsted publishes termly statistics on the number of inspections of early years providers conducted, available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/early-years-and-childcare-statistics.

We are currently conducting a Study of Early Education and Development into the effectiveness of the EYPP and also a survey to explore how providers use their early entitlement funding, including the EYPP, to address disadvantage and deprivation within their settings. Both reports are due for completion in the new year.