Guidance

Supporting early career teachers

The Early Career Framework (ECF) underpins an entitlement to a fully-funded, 2 year package of structured training and support for early career teachers.

Published 28 January 2019
Last updated 20 March 2019 — see all updates
From:
Department for Education
Applies to:
England

Documents

Early Career Framework

Ref: DFE-00015-2019 PDF, 689KB, 43 pages

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request an accessible format.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email alternative.formats@education.gov.uk . Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Information about the Early Career Framework roll out

HTML

Details

From Autumn 2021, early career teachers undergoing induction will receive 2 years of professional development and support underpinned by the Early Career Framework (ECF).

Early Career Framework

The ECF was designed in collaboration with an expert advisory group. It has been designed to support early career teacher development in 5 core areas:

  • behaviour management
  • pedagogy
  • curriculum
  • assessment
  • professional behaviours

The ECF underpins what early career teachers should be entitled to learn about and learn how to do. This is based on:

  • expert guidance
  • the best available research and evidence

Supporting schools

For national roll-out in Autumn 2021, we have committed to:

  • funding and guaranteeing 5% off-timetable in the second year of teaching for all early career teachers - early career teachers will continue to have a 10% timetable reduction in their first year of induction
  • creating high quality, freely available ECF curricula and training materials
  • establishing full ECF training programmes
  • funding time for mentors to support early career teachers
  • fully funding mentor training

Further details on the role of the ECF in the delivery of a strengthened induction will be published as part of updated statutory guidance. Subject to regulatory changes, we expect the guidance to take effect from September 2021.

Early rollout

We’re committed to continuing our work with the sector on the implementation of ECF.

We are planning an early roll out from September 2020 in:

  • the North East
  • Bradford
  • Doncaster
  • Greater Manchester

This will give us the opportunity to understand how to support teachers and schools with implementation of the framework, including continuing to monitor workload considerations.

We will contact schools in early roll out areas in Spring 2019.

Market engagement events

We will be hosting market engagement events relating to the implementation of the Early Career Framework on:

  • 2 April in Darlington
  • 4 April in Manchester

Potential providers or suppliers interested in creating national curricula and materials that draw on the ECF, and delivering training in early roll-out areas are invited to attend.

Please register through Eventbrite.

Published 28 January 2019
Last updated 20 March 2019 + show all updates
  1. Added details of market engagement events.
  2. Added 'Information about the Early Career Framework roll out'.
  3. First published.