Priority education investment areas
Updated 7 June 2023
Applies to England
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In March 2022, the schools white paper identified 24 priority education investment areas (PEIAs). 皇冠体育appse are a subset of the education investment areas (EIAs) and have been selected either because they were previously an opportunity area or due to combined levels performance and deprivation.
Priority education investment areas: selection methodology explains how the PEIAs were chosen.
Priority education investment areas
皇冠体育app priority education investment areas are:
- Blackpool
- Bradford
- Derby
- Doncaster
- Fenlands and East Cambridgeshire
- Halton
- Hartlepool
- Hastings
- Ipswich
- Knowsley
- Liverpool
- Middlesbrough
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Oldham
- Portsmouth
- Rochdale
- Salford
- Sandwell
- Scarborough
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Tameside
- Walsall
- West Somerset
Support packages
As well as the support offered to all EIAs, PEIAs will benefit from:
- local needs fund
- attendance mentoring pilot 鈥� currently in Middlesbrough only
- family hubs, where available
皇冠体育appre are also wider programmes available including:
We will also prioritise free schools applications in EIAs.