questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release entitled £4,500 bonus to attract graduate teachers to deprived nurseries, published on 11 June 2026, what criteria were used to select the local authority areas participating in the scheme.
answerText: The early years teacher recognition payments supports the government’s priorities to grow and strengthen the workforce and contribute to our long-term ambition to have an early years teacher in every nursery setting. We recognise the vital contribution of...
heading: Pre-school Education: Teachers