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Early Career Training Programme

Early Career Teacher Programme

We deliver the statutory ECT training across Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands, in partnership with Education Development Trust (EDT).

We believe the first years of a teacher’s career are vitally important for professional development and the best time to develop good habits and effective teaching strategies. We are therefore highly committed to ensuring that all new teachers receive the best possible support, opportunities and development during their induction period.

The ECTP is a national statutory programme that provides teachers with the essential specialist support they need to improve their practice and build confidence  in the first two years of their profession.  It arms them with skills they can use in the classroom straight away and offers the structured support needed to help them be the best teachers they can be.

ECTs starting in September 2025 will complete the new Early Career Training Programme. ECTs who started their induction before this will continue with the ECF.

Our Offer

We deliver the ECTP through a combination of online self study courses, webinars and face-to-face events which runs alongside the two years of induction.

Our offer includes:

- Fully funded, high-quality training for ECTs and their mentors
- Funding to release ECT and mentors for professional development time
- Research led, evidence informed training with enhanced focus on SEND, literacy and oracy
- Face-to-face and virtual events delivered by specialist facilitators,
- Specific groups for teachers in SEND and Secondary settings
- Expert support from our Early Career Team

Funding

For those eligible for the fully funded route, the training is free of charge. Payment is made at the end of induction to cover the release time for mentors and ECTs to complete their training.

If your school is not following the fully funded route, you can access ECF materials to deliver your own. This is subject to fidelity checks by your Appropriate Body.

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