Wishing everyone in schools a fantastic winter break!
We know how hard everyone involved in education is working right now and we send our thanks for everything you are doing.
LDE will be closed for the winter break from 3pm on Friday 20th December 2024. We will return on Friday 3rd January, when we will respond to emails enquiries.
Trainee Teachers:
In 2024 we had 22 SCITT Trainees graduates with QTS and PGCE – 6 Secondary and 16 Primary
In 2024 we closed our Outstanding SCITT and became LDE Teacher Training as a founding partner with Ambition ITT.
In 2024 we welcomed 48 new trainees to the LDE/Ambition Teacher Training Programme
Early Career Teachers:
So far in 2024 we have 440 ECTs in Year 1 of the ECT Programme
In 2024 we had 540 ECTs in Year 2 of the ECT Programme with two terms to go!
Teacher and Leaders as Mentors:
In 2024 we had 786 Mentors supporting ECTs across the both years of Induction.
Appropriate Body Services for ECTs:
In 2024 we partnered with 260 schools and welcomed 1140 ECTs to our Appropriate Body Services
NPQs:
In 2024 we had 530 teachers from across London and Essex on Leadership NPQs
In 2024 we had 437 teachers from across London and Essex on Specialist NPQs.
In 2024 we held 20 ECT and Mentor Conferences, over 100 ECT Clinics, and 2 Induction Tutor Conferences
In 2024 we held 39 NPQ Conferences and 150 NPQ Clinics.
ECF: Year 1 ECTs who started in September 2004 will have ECT Conference 2 on Adaptive Teaching at Excel in January. Almost all ECTs are now successfully booked on. Really looking forward to welcoming the ECTs back after their first term in class!
NPQs: We think we have secured more DfE funding for further NPQs to start in April 2025. We cannot guarantee that we can run all programmes, but if anyone would like to express an interest in joining a programme in April – please click here.
We held the second conference of the NPQ Early Years Leadership this week – led by Rohan and Mandy from Rebecca Cheetham Nursery School. It was great to welcome this wonderful group of teachers and child minders back to LDE.
We also held the second conference of the Ambition NPQH at Hartley Primary School in Newham – it was a pleasure to see so many of our current and future leaders exploring Theories of Action and scoping for ‘Premortems’ to consolidate their study on implementation. This Thursday we have our first cohort of the Best Practice NPQH Leadership Apprenticeship programme. We are looking forward to welcoming these leaders to LDE.
We have now opened recruitment for our September 2025 cohort – any interested teachers can apply here: APPLY We really need more Primary and Secondary applicants of across all schools – if you know anyone across your networks interested in training – please get in touch
Early Career Teacher Programme
Training for Year 1 ECTs
ECT Conference 2 - Adaptive Teaching
What is adaptive teaching?
Making assessment meaningful
What does adaptive teaching look like in practice?
Venue: CentrEd at Excel - all ECTs are being booked and sent joining details before we break up.
Training for Year 2 ECTs
No clinics or conferences for Year 2 ECTs in Spring 1
Early Career Teacher Programme
ECT Conference 1 - Welcome Conference Mentor Conference 1 - Instructional Coaching
All schools with an ECT new to Induction starting in January will be sent training dates and details by Rowena.
ECTs who have started Induction elsewhere but are starting at your school in January 2025, will be slotted in to the correct place on the ECT Programme according to the amount of terms of Induction already completed.
Induction Tutors can download a variety of data about their school and track all participants on the programme.
It is imperative that all coaching sessions are logged and action steps are chosen from Steplab. This ensures your school meets its statutory duty to expose ECTs to the full Early Career Framework.
Coaching for Mentors
We are able to offer any Mentors a 1:1 session to support with instructional coaching
1:1 Induction Tutor Coaching
We can also meet on Teams with Induction Tutors at any time support is needed.
Recorded Steplab Training Sessions are on the Hub website: https://londondistricteast.org/early-career-teachers/steplab-training/ T
As you all know - January and April starting ECTs always have their own pathway of events held at LDE at Tollgate. They do not attend events with the September starters.
Progress Reviews and uploads to ECT Manager
Term 1 Progress Reviews for your Year 1 ECTs
Term 4 Progress Reviews for your Year 2 ECTs
Any other Progress Reviews and Assessment Reports for any nonStandard ECTs (January and April starters).
These need to be uploaded to ECT Manager before we break up for the Christmas holidays.
Appropriate Body Agreements and Invoices
All schools have had their AB agreements for this year sent to Head Teachers in Xodo Sign from LDE – please can all Head teachers sign and return.
Thank you to the 170 schools who have done this already!
Following that, AB invoices, will sent to all schools. These invoices will be for all ECTs registered with our AB in September 2024 for whom we have agreed to act as the Appropriate Body.
Appropriate Body Training
We will hold some more drop-in sessions on Zoom in January for school staff to ask any questions direct to the Senior Appropriate Bod Advisors.
Appropriate Body Team
The LDE TSH AB Team links are as follows:
Martin Redfern - Appropriate Body Lead + Barking and Dagenham
Sarah Bartley - Lead Appropriate Body Advisor: Newham, Hackney and Southend
Michelle Osborne - Senior Appropriate Body Advisor: Havering, Thurrock + Essex Elana Roos O’Donoghue - Senior Appropriate Body Advisor – QA Visits
Ruksara Choudhury - Appropriate Body Co-ordinator. Ruksara is now on Maternity Leave with her new baby Asiya. She will be back in the November 2025 - all emails will be directed to Martin.
and Handbook
Please do take a look at our website: https://londondistricteast.org/appropriatebody/ where there is a lot of useful information about our services.
Visit the AB Services Handbook and take particular note of the requirements for Induction on Page 8.
ECTs can contact us!
It is also part of our role that ECTs can contact us directly, so please advise any ECTs who need us, that they can do that. Feel free to put them in touch with your link AB Senior Advisor.
We hope to have secured more funding to run additional scholarship funded NPQs in April 2025. We will confirm in January, when we can start accepting applications again.
It will be the same process as the November NPQs – those who complete the registration process fastest will get the places on a first come, first served, basis.
We cannot run all programmes, so to help us understand the demand, please share with your school communities this expression of interest form: https://forms.office.com/e/TfQAPSCCav
Ambition Teacher Training
Delivered by: London District East Teaching School Huub Programme Accredited providers: Liverpool Hope (PGCE) with Ambition Institute (QTS)
The DfE has shared this excellent flipbook which you can share with anyone who wants to get in to Teaching! https://online.flippingbook.com/view/57335 5099/
Learn how you can train with us on one of the programmes:
Primary (5-11) PGCE with QTS Full time
Secondary (12-16) PGCE with QTS Full time
Ready to apply?
Candidates can apply here: APPLY
Please click here to visit our website
We hold online Teach Meet sessions where we introduce and answer questions about our teacher training programme.
Tuesday 14th January 2025
Tuesday 28th January 2025
Tuesday 11th February 2025
Tuesday 25th February 2025
Tuesday 11th March 2025
Tuesday 25th March 2025
Tuesday 8th April 2025
Contact:
rosetta.robinson@londondistricteast.org
Director of Teacher Training London District East Teaching School Hub
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsce6gpz8 sGNY3ElZb-OAMm5lRQ7WKwkHF
SECONDARY MASTERY SPECIALIST
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAD
POST16&FSQ MASTERY SPECIALIST
SECONDARY MATLEAD SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT LEAD
New Vision English Hub is based at Elmhurst Primary School in Newham
The English Hub is one of 34 English Hubs nationwide, funded by the Department for Education, to support schools in achieving excellence in teaching reading and early language development.
We are passionate about reading and teaching all children to read fluently and for enjoyment.
Please see the English Hub website for all of the programmes available: http://newvisionenglishhub.co.uk
The English Hub can provide up to £6,000 of free funding and support to schools in North East London and Essex in the following regions:
Redbridge Tower Hamlets
Newham Islington Barking and Dagenham
Uttlesford Havering
Southend
Thurrock
Basildon
Braintree
Brentwood
Castle Point
Chelmsford
Epping Forest
Harlow
Maldon
Rochford
Contact
In January - Craig from LDE and Ruth from East London TSH are hosting joint online breakfast briefings with the English Hub.
All primary schools are welcome to come along and find out more! Register below.
Redbridge
Tower Hamlets
Newham
Islington
Barking and Dagenham
Uttlesford
Havering
Southend
Thurrock
Basildon
Braintree
Brentwood
Castle Point
Chelmsford
Epping Forest
Harlow
Maldon
Rochford
Craig Lilleyman (Director, London District East Teaching School Hub) and Ruth Smith (Director, East London Teaching School Hub) invite you to a short update on an opportunity for your school
We welcome headteachers and reading leaders, committed to improving reading teaching at their schools, to find out about funding, free training and bespoke school support offered through New Vision English Hub.
Format: Zoom
Option1: Monday 13th January 2025, 9.30 - 10.00 AM
Option2: Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9.30 - 10.00 AM
Click here to book your preferred date
Fahima Khankhara, Hub Lead for New Vision English Hub, will outline a number of ways they can support schools in NE London and Essex:
Offering eligible schools up to £6,000 funding towards phonics resources and training
Delivering free training opportunities linked to phonics, early language and Reading for Pleasure
Please share the links below with Primary Computing Leads and Secondary Computing HoDs.
Primary
So much great, funded CPD to discover by following the above links.
Maternity Teacher - Paternity Teacher!
Enjoy an MTPT update over coffee this week and make some plans for December and next academic year!
Get a whole year's worth of inspiration at our annual virtual Missing Mothers conference - Early Bird tickets are available and we've got a very special advent calendar offer for our Instagram community...
Be empowered with a funded place on our January Sustain and Grow group coaching programme - funding is available for RE teachers, Physics teachers, English Association members, for members in some NEU districts and for colleagues at Greater Manchester Education Trust, Mercian Trust, The Howard Partnership Trust and colleagues from global majority backgrounds
Connect with The MTPT Project community members preparing to return to work at our December Return to Work workshop
Explore the virtual and in-person events offered by our partners Diverse Educators
Put a name to the face - meet the LDE TSH Team!
https://londondistricteast.org/about-us/our-team/
LDE Teaching School Hub is designated to Tollgate Primary School.
The LDE offices are at: Tollgate Primary School Barclay Road Plaistow London E13 8SA.
https://tollgate.boleyntrust.org/
If you would like to come and visit us - please let us know.
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We are part of The Boleyn Trust family of schools. https://boleyntrust.org/