Figures published by the DfE show that during the 2012/13 financial year, a total of £1,516,250 was handed out to 936 staff in relation to performance in 2011/12 – an average bonus of £1,620 each.
The highest bonus paid was £12,500.
The bonuses are handed out to “reward exceptional performance” the DfE said in a statement.
News of the awards comes despite a continuing austerity drive across the children and young people’s sector and within the department itself.
In November 2012 the DfE announced that 1,000 jobs – a quarter of the total workforce – would be cut in an efficiency drive to cut administrative costs by 50 per cent (£290m) by 2015/16.
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