ECF Legacy Page
Please be aware this page is for ECTs/ Mentors who started their ECF journey before September 2025.
If you are joining the ECF after September 2025, please click on the link below to access the most relevant information.
The ECF programme is the statutory ECT professional development programme.
From September 2021, all early career teachers are entitled to a fully-funded, two-year package of structured training and support linked to the best available research evidence.
Thames Gateway Teaching School Hub is proud to partner with the Education Development Trust for the delivery of the early Career Framework Full Induction Programme.
This two-year programme provides teachers with the essential specialist support they need to improve their practice and build confidence following their Initial Teacher Training. It will arm early career teachers with skills they can use in the classroom straight away and offer the structured support needed to help them be the best teachers they can be.
How does the programme work?
Education Development Trust have worked closely with schools and with the Sheffield Institute of Education, part of Sheffield Hallam University to develop this evidence-led programme to ensure it is based on what really works and how pupils learn.
Early career teachers will be provided with opportunities to learn the theory, put theory into practice, and reflect on personal and professional development with the support of their mentor. Activities include:
- Face-to-face and webinar sessions with expert input from specialist organisations, exploring effective classroom practice across settings, phases and specialisms.
- Regional and local training sessions.
- Regular mentoring sessions centring around the benefits of Instructional Coaching and exploring content with a focus on learning, practising, and reflecting.
- Opportunities for reflection and discussion as well as carefully timed self-study.
- A state of the art online platform to support tutors, mentors and ECTs throughout their two-year induction.
Excellent mentoring will be key to the success of the ECF initiative. This Programme is centred around developing the mentor relationship and includes a focussed learning pathway for mentors.
We will work with in-school mentors to learn new mentoring and coaching techniques, enabling them to strengthen essential skills that they can use throughout their careers. Specialist training and support will ensure each mentor is confident in their knowledge of the Early Career Framework and develops their mentoring skills so that the early career teachers they work with get the very best from the Programme.
ECT(YR2) programme time demand:
| Element | Mode | Method | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Total |
| Self Study | Online | LMS | 4 hours | 4 hours | 4 hours | 12 hours |
| Live Training | Face to face | DP | 3 hours | 2.5 hours | 2.5 hours | 8 hours |
| Total | 7 hours | 6.5 hours | 6.5 hours |
Mentor (YR2) programme time demand:
| Title 1 | Title 2 | Title 3 | Title 4 | Title 5 | Title 6 | Title 7 |
| Self Study | Online | LMS | 3 hours | 2 hours | 2 hours | 7 hours |
| Live Training | Face to face | DP | 1 hour | 1 hour | 1 hour | 3 hours |
| Fortnightly Monitoring | In school | 6 hours | 6 hours | 6 hours | 18 hours | |
| Total | 10 hours | 9 hours | 9 hours |
- Training events for ECTs and Mentors on the ECPDP (pre Sept 2025 programme)
- Funding and cost information for ECTs and Mentors on the ECPDP (pre Sept 2025 programme)
- Link to ECPDP Platform- access to self study content event booking