We’ve had many settings use their EYPP funding on Tales Toolkit over the years, and we think it’s a brilliant use of budget! Read on to discover more about how we meet EEF and Ofsted criteria and hear from teachers.
Support for disadvantaged children is going up by over 45% to £570 per child per year
Why not use that extra financial support to start your Tales Toolkit journey? You'll have to convince the right people and showing impact clearly is a top priority. Use the resources on this page to help you pitch Tales Toolkit to your SLT. With all these pointers, you can’t go wrong!
At Tales Toolkit we are committed to ensuring that all children, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, receive the best possible start to their education. When you use EYPP funding to buy Tales Toolkit, you'll get an early years intervention that...
Investing in Tales Toolkit isn’t just about improving early years outcomes—it’s about setting children up for future success.
In a recent survey, we asked teachers if Tales Toolkit helped to support children eligible for EYPP to catch up with their peers.
87% of those surveyed gave us 4 or 5 stars out of 5!
In Tales Toolkit sessions everyone is equal and all children contribute and feel safe to. EYPP children find this really empowering.
The success that we have had has encouraged another school within the Trust to adopt the Tales Toolkit programme to support their higher numbers of EYPP children. We have noticed a significant rise in the love of story telling and reading for these children after using Tales Toolkit.
Yes, the visuals and structure allow it to be accessible to all. Some EYPP children have really grown in confidence and are much more likely to contribute to discussions.
It has definitely supported pupils to begin to catch up with their peers.
Tales Toolkit supports all children. We have also used it as an intervention with key children that need to build confidence with language and those that need to develop communication skills.
EYPP children were exposed to an increased vocabulary and understanding of story structure.
Tales Toolkit has already been recognised by the EEF as a programme with high potential for impact, which is why we were invited to be part of a pilot trial with them over 2023-24. The results of this trial will be released in 2025.
The EEF advocates a ‘balanced approach’ to spending EYPP, with three main strands. Expand these sections to understand how Tales Toolkit applies across the board!
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Here are some documents to help you pitch to your decision-makers. We've covered everything they want to hear, from headteacher to governors to Ofsted.
Tailor these templates to suit your setting and remember to:
A detailed breakdown of why Tales Toolkit is a great fit, with evidence of impact cross-referenced with Ofsted expectations, the EEF Toolkit recommendations and the EYFS framework.
A template letter to Ofsted for you to make your own! A letter that helps you explain to Ofsted why Tales Toolkit is a great choice for your EYPP funding.
Based on EEF's Pupil Premium guide, this table shows the key areas of attainment to focus on and how they can be directly applied to Tales Toolkit.
Here's a bit more background information about Pupil Premium and the EEF.
