Pre-school Education: Pupil Premium
(asked on 30th June 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many childcare providers have claimed support through the early years pupil premium in each of the last five years; and for how many children that support has been claimed for in each of those years.
The table below shows the number of children in receipt of the early years pupil premium and the total number of providers attended by those children according to the early years census. The figures reflect the position as it was during ‘census week’ in January of each year.
Number of 3- and 4-year-old children recorded in receipt of early years pupil premium and the number of providers attended
Year | Number of children | Number of providers |
2020 | 49,256 | 12,814 |
2019 | 48,305 | 12,714 |
2018 | 42,830 | 11,928 |
2017 | 47,103 | 12,261 |
2016 | 50,591 | 12,458 |
Source: Early Years Census
The department does not hold information on the number of children who are eligible for the early years premium but are not in receipt of that support.
These figures only relate to children attending private, voluntary and independent providers, including childminders. The majority of children in receipt of pupil premium aged 4 will be in school settings in Reception so will be in receipt of the school-age pupil premium, rather than the early years pupil premium. Therefore, they have been excluded from the figures in the above table.