Qualified nursery teachers will be offered a £4,500 tax-free bonus to take jobs in 10 areas of the country with the most acute staff shortages.
Ministers expect 1,200 teachers to benefit from the grants in the first year of the scheme, which will be rolled out to locations across England, including Middlesbrough, Bolton and Luton.
Teachers in the first 10 locations can apply for the grant from today, and it will be expanded to a further 20 parts of the country by the end of the year. The areas have been chosen based on deprivation levels, teacher shortages and levels of school readiness among children.
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It is part of the Government’s Best Start in Life Strategy, launched in July last year, to give every child “the best teachers, with the best tools at their disposal”, according to Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson.
