The government will offer overseas languages and physics teachers a £10,000 “relocation premium” to work in England under a new trial.
It would be open to both trainee and established teachers working outside the UK, and would be paid at the end of their first term. The money would not need to be paid back.
The Department for Education said the trial could support up to 400 people to relocate, meaning it would cost £4 million.
The plans were first announced last year by then education secretary Nadhim Zahawi.