Education Secretary Damian Hinds made the announcement when unveiling a raft of new measures that aim to improve the early literacy and language skills in children before they start school.
The £22m is part of the School Nurseries Capital fund, which was set aside through the government's Social Mobility Action Plan, published in December 2017.
This investment will be used to open nursery places in schools across every region; 66 projects have been given the green light to increase early years provision in areas with high numbers of families who get free school meals.
The new places will be created through a combination of new build projects, or expanding existing schools rated "good" or "outstanding" by Ofsted.
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