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settings  \nThe Early Years Pupil Premium  \nreview of current awareness, use, and decision-making in settings  \nThe Early Years Pupil Premium  \nA practice review of awareness, use, and decision-making in settings  \nThe Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and education achievement. We support schools, nurseries, and colleges to improve teaching and learning for 2–19-year-olds through better use of evidence.  \nWe do this by:  \n Summarising evidence. Reviewing the best available evidence on teaching and learning and presenting in an accessible way.  \n Finding new evidence. Funding independent evaluations of programmes and approaches that aim to raise the attainment of children and young people from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.  \n Putting evidence to use. Supporting education practitioners, as well as policymakers and other organisations, to use evidence in ways that improve teaching and learning.  \nWe were set-up in 2011 by the Sutton Trust partnership with Impetus with a founding £125m grant from the Department for Education. In 2022, we were re-endowed with an additional £137m, allowing us to continue our work until at least 2032.  \nFor more information about the EEF or this report please contact:  \n The Education Endowment Foundation 5th Floor, Millbank Tower,  \n21–24 Millbank,  \nLondon,  \nSW1P 4QP  \n 0207 802 1653  \n [info@eefoundation.org.uk](info@eefoundation.org.uk)  \n [www.educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk](www.educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk)  \nTable of Contents  \nAbout the Researchers 04  \nExecutive Summary 05  \nIntroduction 13  \nMethods 17  \nFindings 22  \nDiscussion 64  \nReferences 66  \nAppendix A: Weighting approach 67  \nCaitlin Webb, Aisling O’Connell, Oona Miller, Yesmine Abdelkefi, Yasmin White, and Jacquie Collins  \n3  \nThe Early Years Pupil Premium  \nA practice review of awareness, use, and decision-making in settings  \nAbout the researchers  \nThe Early Years Pupil Premium practice review was independently delivered by IFF Research. IFF Research is a social and market research agency based in the United Kingdom, and was established in 1965. The research team comprised of Jacquie Collins and Yasmin White who led the practice review, Caitlin Webb who managed the review day to day, and Aisling O’Connell, Oona Miller, and Yesmine Abdelkefi who supported with the day-to-day running of the project.  \nContact details:  \nJacquie Collins IFF Research  \n5th Floor, The Harlequin Building, 65 Southwark Street,  \nLondon,  \nSE1 0HR  \n [Jacquie.Collins@iffresearch.com](Jacquie.Collins@iffresearch.com)  \nYou may re-use this document/publication (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 .  \nTo view this licence, visit [https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/](https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3 or email:)[3 or email:](https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3 or email:)[ ](https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3 or email:)[psi@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk](psi@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk)  \nWhere we have identified any third-party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. The views expressed in this report are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department for Education.  \nThis document is available for download at [https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk](https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk)  \n4  \nThe Early Years Pupil Premium  \nA practice review of awareness, use, and decision-making in settings  \nExecutive summary  \nThis practice review looked at how early years settings understand and use Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) . 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