The money will be used to meet a commitment, made by the government in December, to increase the number of newly-trained educational psychologists from 160 to 206 each year. The extra funding starts in 2020 and will cover three new rounds of training.
In announcing the funding commitment the DfE has revealed the findings of an educational psychologist workforce survey of councils, which are the main employers for the role.
This found that more than two thirds (68 per cent) are finding it difficult to fill vacant posts, leaving insufficient staff to cope with demand.
A similar proportion (66 per cent) said that they had at least one vacancy and 83 per cent said that they consistently experience recruitment problems.
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