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Pupil Premium Payment

Payment of School Age Pupil Premium Plus and Post 16 Pupil Premium Plus (PP+) for young people aged 16 and 17

The Manchester Virtual School and Manchester City Council (MCC) Finance Teams are committed to ensuring that PP+ and EYPP payments are made as swiftly and smoothly as possible. We will send out the MCC Vendor Form to all School Age and Post 16 settings where children and young people in the care of Manchester are on roll. These forms should be completed by the Designated Teacher or Head teacher and returned to the Manchester Virtual School via [email protected]

The vendor form will ask each setting to provide a letter on the setting’s letter-headed note paper which confirms:

  • The setting’s Bank Account Name

  • The setting’s Bank Account Number

  • The setting’s Sort Code

  • A copy of a setting’s bank statement (with transactions redacted) or paying-in slip

Designated Teachers should let the bursar or finance officer know how much PP+ has been claimed for each child or young person in their termly PEP so that they are aware of how much funding they should expect to receive for each young person.

Manchester Virtual School will request detailed information from the Designated Teacher and Social Worker within the young person’s PEP about how the funding is to be spent, total costs, and the intended impact. They will also be asked to upload an invoice for each item purchased to the documents section of the young person’s electronic Personal Education Plan (ePEP), to ensure a clear audit trail. Any resources purchased for the young person should remain in their possession when they move to their new setting.

Please see the Pupil Premium FAQs tab for more information about Pupil Premium Plus and what it can be used for.

Payment of Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP)

Children aged 2 - 4 years old who are looked after and who receive free early education will be eligible for Early Years Premium (EYPP) funding. This is additional funding for early years settings to improve the quality of education they provide for disadvantaged 2- 4-year-olds.

EYPP is paid to the local authority on the basis of how much time a child spends with their Early Years provider. Those children that use the full 570 hours may be entitled to the maximum payment of £570 per academic year.

Each Local Authority will have a process for the Early Years settings located within its area, to claim Early Years Pupil Premium for all children who attract this funding. This will include all children who attend their setting who are in the care of a Local Authority.

The Virtual School Head is responsible for monitoring and maintaining oversight of how Early Years Pupil Premium is being spent to ensure it is effectively supporting children to meet their PEP targets. If funding is being used to purchase resources, schools and settings will be asked to provide information within the child’s PEP about when the item has been bought and given to the child. The setting will also be asked to upload an invoice for each item purchased to the documents section of the child’s electronic Personal Education Plan (ePEP), to ensure a clear audit trail. Any resources purchased for the child should remain in their possession when they move to their new setting.

The team of Manchester Virtual School PEP Quality Assurance Teachers read every child’s PEP each term and provide written feedback to their Designated Teacher and Social Worker.

Termly deadlines

To ensure that there are no delays and termly payments can be made in a timely way, we ask that PEPs are submitted to the Virtual School by the termly PEP deadline dates which are published in each child’s electronic Personal Education Plan (ePEP). This PEP deadlines dates should be considered by Designated Teachers and Social Workers when scheduling PEP meetings. This will help to ensure a good plan is in place for the child and that timely payments can be made to the education setting.

Once a PEP meeting has taken place the Designated Teacher and Social Worker should ensure they have written up any updates and submitted their sections within the child’s ePEP, to the Virtual School within ten days of the PEP meeting date recorded within the ePEP system.  

If you require any further information, please contact the Virtual School Business Support Office, via [email protected]