Early Career Teacher Entitlement

 

📌 Early Career Teacher Induction Changes – Effective from September 2025

✅ What’s Changing?

• From September 2025, all Early Career Teachers (ECTs) will be entitled to a two-year Early Career Teacher Entitlement (ECTE) induction.

• The term ‘Early Career Teacher Entitlement (ECTE)’ will replace the previous term ‘ECF-based training and induction’.

🆕 What is ECTE?

• ECTE stands for Early Career Teacher Entitlement.

• It continues to support early career teachers in their first two years of teaching, providing structured professional development and support.

All Early Career Teachers (ECTs) are entitled to a two year Early Career Teacher Entitlement (ECTE) induction.

The ECTE supports early career teachers (ECTs) in the first 2 years of their teaching career. It is designed to provide ECTs with the knowledge and skills to meet the teacher standards.

The Early Career Teacher Entitlement includes:

• a training programme for ECTs
• mentor support for ECTs
• time off timetable for ECTs and mentors
• progress reviews and 2 formal assessments against the teachers’ standards

Find out more about the early career teacher entitlement (ECTE).

The training programme supports ECTs to meet the teachers’ standards

The training programme will help ECTs to:

• set high expectations
• promote good progress
• show good subject and curriculum knowledge
• plan and teach well-structured lessons
• adapt their teaching to support the needs of all pupils
• make accurate and productive use of assessment
• manage behaviour
• fulfil wider professional responsibilities

This new initiative provides:

• 2 years of funded high-quality training
• Development materials based on the Early Career Framework
• Additional funding for 5% time away from the classroom for teachers in their second year
• A dedicated mentor, plus support for these mentors

This induction offers a blended programme of face-to-face training and one-to-one mentor sessions, alongside self-directed study for early career teachers, and new training for mentors.

Tykes Teaching Alliance are delighted to be working in partnership with the Exchange Teaching School Hub who are partnering with UCL Institute of Education to offer a robust professional learning and development pathway for ECTs and Mentors.

Early Career Framework – Exchange Teaching Hub

Read about the UCL Early Career Professional Development Programme

Next steps – The registration process is simple. Please follow the link below for the DfE step-by-step guidance and download our registration flyer – How to Register an ECT

DfE ECT Registration Guidance

Appoint an appropriate body

Your school’s headteacher is responsible for choosing and appointing an appropriate body. However, your induction tutor can be involved in the decision.

ECTs cannot start their entitlement until:

• the school has appointed an appropriate body
• they have been registered with the appropriate body

Appropriate bodies:

• ensure ECTs receive their statutory entitlements
• ensure that support, assessment and guidance for ECTs are in place
• assure the quality of school-led training programmes

Your appropriate body can also give advice if your ECT is on reduced or part-time ECTE. They will need to agree to any reduction to the teacher’s ECTE.

You can also choose our Appropriate Body service for statutory assessment of your ECTs 2-year induction for a joined-up approach.

If you require any further guidance please use the following contact details.

Katie Bramall –  Professional Development Programmes Lead
Email: katiebramall@tykestsa.education

Karen Hartshorne –  ECT Induction Appropriate Body Co-ordinator
Email: karenhartshorne@tykestsa.education

Telephone – 01226 782233 or mobile – 07703 808468