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The EYFI pilot was a recruitment initiative implemented by the Department for Education, through which a £1,000 recruitment bonus was offered to eligible new and returning early years workers shortly after they took up post. includes further information about the initiative.

‘Early years financial incentives: final report’ presents findings from the pilot conducted in 40 local authorities, based on:

• process evaluations via surveys of applicants, providers and local authorities to assess the implementation of the incentives
• impact evaluation using quantitative analysis to assess the effect the incentives had on recruitment

‘Early years financial incentives evaluation: technical report’ outlines the aims and methodologies of the process and evaluations in more depth.