Use this form to report how the new early years entitlements for working parents and the early years pupil premium (EYPP) extension has been taken up in the 2024 summer term.

This data return will enable ESFA to record the take-up of the government's early years entitlement for 2-year-olds of eligible working parents and the extension of the early years pupil premium (EYPP) for 2-year-olds from 1 April 2024. The extension of EYPP includes both 2-year-olds in receipt of EYPP accessing the 2-year-old disadvantaged entitlement, and those accessing the 2-year-old working parent entitlement. This data will inform funding allocations to local authorities.

View the Early years funding: termly data collection in 2024 to 2025 guidance (opens in new tab) for more information.

Before you start

This service is for local authorities.

To complete your return, you will need to know the total number of children and the total number of hours taken during count week (up to maximum of 15 hours per child) for the following early years funding streams:

• entitlement for 2-year-olds of eligible working parents
• 2-year-olds in receipt of EYPP accessing the 2-year-old eligible working parents entitlement
• 2-year-olds in receipt of EYPP accessing the 2-year-old disadvantaged entitlement

DfE Sign-in

You need to have an account with the DfE Sign-in service to access the form. If you have not used DfE Sign-in before you will need to create a DfE Sign-in account (opens in new tab) and link this to your organisational setting.

If you have questions

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