- Register with a full induction programme and Appropriate Body
- Let the DfE know how you will be supporting your ECT on the DfE portal
All Early Career Teachers have a statutory entitlement to a two-year programme of support and development based on the Early Career Framework.
From September 2023, Red Kite Teaching School Hub is partnering with University College London Institute of Education (UCL IOE) to deliver the fully funded Early Career Framework (ECF) Full Induction Programme. Red Kite Appropriate Body services remain unchanged.
Schools can choose to sign up for a full induction programme, use the high-quality core induction materials to deliver their own early career teacher and mentor training, or to design and deliver their own ECF-based induction programme. Schools must also sign up with an Appropriate Body to oversee the statutory assessment of their ECT’s induction period.
Benefits of the UCL ECF Programme
The UCL ECF programme is a fusion of university and school-based expertise working in partnership to create and implement a programme which is:
- Regional: As a local delivery partner, Red Kite Teaching School Hub has listened carefully to feedback from Headteachers, mentors and ECTs and is using this information to meet the varied needs to better fit school contexts in our region.
- Flexible: Red Kite Teaching School Hub is working in partnership with UCL flexibly and responsively to design and deliver a programme that recognises the strengths and training needs of ECTs and to support mentors to build on their experience and skillset.
- Knowledge and evidence-based: Informed by a deep understanding of the development needs of ECTs and Mentors.
- Drawn from expert theory and current practice: Co-designed by teachers and school leaders, teacher educators and academics with rich experience of translating evidence into practice.
- Inquiry-based spiral learning: The understanding of key themes is established in Year 1, which then extended and deepened through three practice-based inquiries in Year 2.
- Embedded in practice: The applied learning complements practice rather than being a ‘bolt on’ that would add to workload.
UCL Year 2 (Cohort 3) Celebration Event : Practice Exchange
UCL Year 2 Mentor Seminars
| Autumn | Spring | Summer |
| Catch up on UCL Extend | Catch up on UCL Extend | Monday 9th June or Tuesday 10th June |
How to Register an ECT
Please visit the ECT registration page
What our ECT's say about the UCL ECF Programme:
- "I have developed my professional voice and this has contributed to my research, both in school and within my personal CPD."
- "I feel supported through Red Kite delivering the ECF and the course has provided good opportunities to network."
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"The training sessions are excellent and the self-directed study materials have been helpful in planning my enquiries."
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"I am excited by the project we are doing and feel it is developing strengths in my ability and approach to teaching."
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"I have been offered great support and a network to be able to develop my career as a teacher."
UCL Year 1 (Cohort 4): Introduction to ECF Year 2
| ECTs OLC4 and Module 5 | ECTS and Mentors Year 2 Induction |
| 09:30-15:30 | 13:30-15:30 |
Please see below the dates for your Year 2 Induction.
Friday 20th June 2025 - Roundhay School (Main Hall, Secondary Campus)
or
Thursday 26th June 2025 - Roundhay School (Pavillion, Secondary Campus)
Please book your selected date below:
Friday 20th June ECT - Book here.
Friday 20th June Mentor - Book here.
Thursday 26th June ECT - Book here.
Thursday 26th June Mentor - Book here.
This conference is for any funded mentor working with a Year 1 into Year 2 ECT.
UCL Year 1 Mentor Seminars
| Autumn | Spring | Summer |
| Catch up on UCL Extend. | Catch up on UCL Extend | Monday 16th June or Tuesday 17th June |
To catch up with any missed Mentor Seminars please go to UCL Extend - all materials and seminar recordings will be available.
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What you need to do if you have an early career teacher starting at your school
DfE Portal - How to register your new ECT
Schools MUST register full details of everyone involved in supporting each ECT on the DfE portal
You must let them know:
- Which ECF route you are using (full induction programme, using the core induction materials or creating your own programme)
- If you have chosen full induction programme, which lead provider you are going with. There are six national lead providers. Red Kite TSH is working with University College London Institute of Teaching (UCL IOE)
- Who your ECF induction tutor is in school (this is whoever will be overseeing the ECT’s induction and completing the paperwork. All emails to the school about the ECF from the DfE will come to the address you provide here)
- Who the ECT is
- Who the mentor is
You will need to provide full information, including TRNs. This is to ensure that you receive the right funding. Please take care to input the correct information in order to get the ECT smoothly onto the programme. It is vital you link the Mentor and ECT on the portal.
Click here for guidance to register your new ECTs with Red Kite
DfE Guidance
The links below have been provided by the Department for Education to provide further guidance on the Early Career Framework.
Induction, training and support for early career teachers (ECTs)
Information on the 2-year induction for ECTs, also the DfE-funded training based on the early career framework (ECF) that is now part of statutory induction.
Changes to statutory induction for early career teachers (ECTs)
Information on the 2-year ECT induction and how it replaces the old 1-year newly qualified teacher (NQT) induction, including the early roll out of the reforms.
How the early career framework (ECF) supports induction
The ECF is a framework for the professional development of early career teachers. ECF-based training is part of their 2-year inductions, but is not assessed.
Funding and eligibility for ECF-based training
How DfE funding for training based on the early career framework (ECF) works, and which schools, early career teachers and mentors are eligible for funding.
How to set up training for early career teachers
Guidance for school leaders and induction tutors on setting up training based on the early career framework.
Guidance for early career teachers (ECTs): ECF-based training
Information for ECTs on professional development training and support based on the early career framework (ECF). This is part of your 2-year induction.
