Twenty-five Queensland Catholic kindergartens will benefit from additional funding to improve learning and developmental outcomes for children. 

The Department of Education will implement the $40 million Kindy uplift pilot from 2022 to 2024 to strengthen children's educational and developmental needs and improve children’s access and participation in the full range of kindergarten experiences.  

The program focuses on five priority areas including social and emotional capability, physicality, thinking and responding, oral language and communication, and access and inclusion. 

Kindergartens to receive funding were pre-selected by the department based on need determined by characteristics including:  

- Number and concentration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander enrolment
- Number and concentration of children from communities with lower parental educational attainment/occupation skill level (using ABS education/occupation index by SA2)
- Number with low English proficiency and low education/occupation 

Participating kindergartens will be required to spend at least 80 percent of their funding on pre-approved items including evidence-based initiatives, programs, professional learning and support. 
 
The program will commence in Term 2, 2022. Details of the program are available here.