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A payment of £5,000 will be offered to Welsh-language teachers in a bid to boost recruitment and retention.

The money will be available to teachers who gained Qualified Teacher Status from August 2020 onwards, and who have completed three years of teaching Welsh or through the medium of Welsh.

The bursary will initially be available until Autumn 2028, when its impact on recruitment will be reviewed.

Alongside this, a second round of the Welsh-medium workforce capacity building grant has opened, with a total pot of £800,000. This scheme provides small grants to schools to develop ways of overcoming recruitment challenges

The Welsh Government has a target of one million Welsh speakers by 2050.

Jeremy Miles, The Minister for Education and Welsh Language, said: “One of our biggest priorities for achieving a million Welsh speakers is making sure we have enough teachers to meet the demand for learning in Welsh.

“This package of support will strengthen our Welsh-speaking education workforce and ensure more people can take advantage of the exciting career opportunities on offer.”