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Teacher Training Entitlement - # NPQ Eligibility Lists

NPQ Eligibility Lists

Currently, NPQ uses five eligibility lists, which are processed in an initializer.

The pp50 designation refers to the 50% of UK schools receiving the highest pupil premium — extra funding provided for students from financially disadvantaged families.

File Location

The lists are stored in the config/data/January2025 directory.

Eligibility Lists

Lists are processed and saved to a constant. Each constant is a hash where key is the institution identification number and value is always true. The hash is used for fast and simple lookup. The constants are used in the methods called by the FundingEligiblity calculator.

Example method using this list:

def ey_eligible?
  !!EY_OFSTED_URN_HASH[urn.to_s] || !!PP50_SCHOOLS_URN_HASH[urn.to_s]
end

Schools PP50 List

File: NPQ_Schools_PP50_2025_cohort.csv

  • Matches schools using the urn field from the document.
  • Schools are instances of the School model.
  • Uses PP50_SCHOOLS_URN_HASH for lookup in the code.

Further Education PP55 List

File: NPQ_FE_PP50_2025_cohort.csv

  • Matches schools using the ukprn field from the document.
  • Schools are instances of the School model.
  • Uses PP50_FE_UKPRN_HASH for lookup in the code.

Childminders

File: NPQ_OFSTED_Childminders_2025_cohort.csv

  • Matches institutions using the ofsted_urn field from the document.
  • Institutions are instances of the PrivateChildcareProvider model.
  • Uses CHILDMINDERS_OFSTED_URN_HASH for lookup in the code.

Early Years Settings

File: NPQ_Disadvantaged_EY_2025_cohort.csv

  • Matches institutions using both urn and ofsted_urn fields from the document.
  • The ofsted_urn field is used only when urn is empty.
  • Institutions are instances of the School and PrivateChildcareProvider models.
  • Uses EY_OFSTED_URN_HASH for lookup in the code.

Local Authority Nurseries

File: NPQ_LA_Nursery_Schools_2025_cohort.csv

  • Matches nurseries using the urn field from the document.
  • Nurseries are instances of the School model.
  • Uses LA_DISADVANTAGED_NURSERIES for lookup in the code.

Updating the Lists

New lists should follow the same format as the existing ones. If the format changes, updates must be made to the initializer.