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<p>All local authorities in England have a legal duty to ensure all three- and four-year-olds
and the most disadvantaged two-year-olds are able to take up a funded early education
place free of charge. Each eligible child is entitled to 570 hours of free early learning
a year, equivalent to 15 hours a week of early education for 38 weeks per year. Settings
delivering the funded early education entitlement are subject to inspection by Ofsted.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The early years pupil premium, which was introduced in April
this year, provides nurseries and schools delivering the early education entitlement
for three- and four-year-old children with an extra 53p an hour for each eligible
child to help them raise the quality of their setting and so close the gap in school
readiness between disadvantaged children and their peers. The Government has made
£50 million available for the early years pupil premium in 2015-16.</p><p> </p>
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