Guidance

Education investment areas

Find out if you’re in an education investment area (EIA) and what support is available to improve your school and pupil outcomes.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 28 March 2023
• Last updated: 7 June 2023
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  1. 7 June 2023

     Added link to the connect the classroom programme in the 'Support packages' section of 'Education investment areas'.

  2. 4 April 2023

     Updated 'Education investment areas' to include information about the MAT CEO programme and clarify who the connect the classroom programme is for. Changed 'North Yorkshire coast' to 'Scarborough' in 'Priority education investment areas'.

  3. 28 March 2023

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 27 March 2025

No future policies are intended to be prioritised for education investment areas or priority education investment areas.

Local needs funding

No future round of local needs funding is proposed.

Applies to England

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Information for schools and local authorities to find out what support is available if they have been identified as:

• an education investment area (EIA)
• a priority education investment area (PEIA)

Local needs funding is available for schools and local authorities in PEIAs.