01 Early Career Teacher Entitlement and ECF

Thank you to all Induction Tutors who completed the Autumn Term’s Progress Reviews and Assessments before Christmas. It was great to see so many examples of good practice highlighted at the Appropriate Body Board Meeting. The vast majority of reports clearly linked ECT’s progress to the Teachers’ Standards and gave examples of evidence to support this. It was also good to see how schools are now linking development targets to Teachers’ Standards. The Board reported that, in some cases, targets were still quite vague and not specific enough to enable ECTs to make incremental steps in meeting Teachers’ Standards at the end of their two-year induction period. There are lots of examples of good practice in the Resources Section of ECT Manager to support you in writing your reports, which we are constantly updating with ‘real-life’ examples from our schools. If you have any questions or need any support in writing your reports, do get in touch with our AB Co-ordinator, Cath O’Neill, who will be happy to help.

Final Reminder: Register your January 2026 ECTs and Mentors

Just as a final reminder, please ensure that you register all of your ECTs and Mentors taking up their posts from January 2026, using the two steps below:

• All ECTs and Mentors need to be registered on the DfE portal to formally
  register their training and gain access to the learning platform https://managetraining-for-early-career-teachers.education.gov.uk/
• All ECTs need to have their induction registered with an Appropriate Body
  https://generate.ectmanager.com/Login.aspx

ECTs and Mentors registering with Generate Teaching Hub as the delivery partner and Teach First as the lead training provider will need to attend a full day Welcome Conference. The dates for these are: