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Cessation of Bradford LA Appropriate Body ECT induction services - update 22/05/2023

The DfE have announced that local authority Appropriate Body (AB) services for ECT induction will cease nationally in September 2024 and that this function will be run by Teaching School Hubs.

Bradford Appropriate Body will cease to run this service in August 2023

This document explains what you should do depending on the situation in your schools regarding ECTs.

 

 

 

DfE update

Funding for ECT mentor release time - information from DfE 21/02/2023

Use the links for more information - this is not something the Appropriate Body service is connected with.

Information: backfill payments for time off timetable for early career framework (ECF) mentor training (national roll-out)

Schools using one of the DfE-funded training providers to deliver ECF mentor training from 1 September 2021 (national roll-out) will receive backfill payments to cover 36 hours of mentor time off timetable for training per mentor over 2 years.

The first payment will be made in the summer of year 1, covering 18 hours of mentor time off timetable for training. The second payment for the remaining 18 hours of mentor time off timetable for training will be made in the summer of year 2 where there has been sustained engagement with the mentor training.

The payments will be made to maintained schools via local authorities and directly to academies. In summer 2023, year 1 payments will be made for mentors who started their training from 1 September 2022 and year 2 payments will be made for mentors who started their training from September 2021.

We will publish school level allocations for payments due in summer 2023 in due course.

You can read the published conditions of grant and summer 2022 allocations.

For any queries, email continuing-professional-development@digital.education.gov.uk.
 

Information: funding for time off timetable for early career teachers and mentors who participated in the national roll-out of the early career framework reforms

The national roll-out of the early career framework (ECF) reforms was launched to all schools in England from September 2021.

ECF year 2 time off timetablefunding is paid in the summer of year 2 of the early career teacher’s (ECT) induction. This funding covers the cost of giving each ECT in year 2 of induction:

  • 5% off timetable for induction activities including ECF-based training and mentor sessions
  • a dedicated mentor for each ECT, based on 20 hours of mentoring in year 2 of induction

 

This funding is linked to the ECT and paid to the school who has registered the ECT as undergoing their ECF training at that school. 

We expect payments to be made to local authority maintained schools via their respective local authorities and directly to academies in summer 2023.

You can view the published conditions of grant. 

For any queries please contact continuing-professional-development@digital.education.gov.uk.

 

Appropriate Body agreement 2022-23

As schools are now ready to register their new ECTs for the coming year, the document explaining the AB charges and arangements has been updated and can be downloaded from the link above.

Schools are advised to ensure their finance officer is aware of this document and particularly the section on Purchase Orders.

 

Statutory Guidance Documents

Induction for Early Career Teachers - Statutory Guidance

Appropriate Bodies Guidance: Induction and the Early Career Framework

Manage Training for Early Career Teachers portal


 

Early Career Framework

Information on the ECF can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-career-framework-reforms-overview/early-career-framework-reforms-overview

 

LGA slides regarding ECT reforms

DfE slides regarding the Manage Training for Early Career Teachers portal

 

QTLS

If a teacher has QTLS then they are exempt from induction, as their qualification is recognised as QTS equivalent as long as they are still members of the Society for Education and Training (SET) from whom further details can be sought.

 

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