Here is your July 2025 Newslette from the Teaching School Hub!
Wishing everyone a restful and restorative summer holiday!
Updated ECF Programme - ECTE for Sept 2025 - updates and curriculum maps. Registrations open for September ECTs
Booking open for September and October ECT training.
Appropriate Body Training: Registrations open for new ECTs.
NPQs: Updates and expressions of interest.
Ambition Teacher Training: Update
ITT Strategic Role: Update
ECT support will now be known as the ECTE. The new Year 1 ECT Programme will now be known as ECTP 25. There will be detailed inductions/orientations for all ECTs, Mentors and Induction Tutors on Steplab. Registrations open now for new ECTs: DfE Portal link here.
The main difference is relating to Year 1. There will be fortnightly self-study in Year 1 and 2 for ECTs. They will still have weekly coaching, but it will be Instructional Coaching in the first week and then either Pastoral OR Instructional Coaching in the second week. Both must be logged to count as enagement.
TERM 1
Mentor conference 1
This session covers essentials for mentors' and ECTs' success. It includes:
An overview of the ITTECF and Ambition Institute’s high-quality training Research and best practices shaping the ECT programme, including the science of learning and instructional coaching benefits.
A detailed look at the instructional coaching model, its importance for mentoring, and its use in performance and task-based modelling Mentors will practise each stage and receive feedback.
Mentor conference 2
Building on mentor conference 1, this session helps mentors enhance their instructional coaching by adapting to ECTs’ growing expertise. It covers: Research on flexible knowledge and adaptive expertise.
Strategies for adapting the coaching model to support ECTs. Mentors will practise these strategies and receive feedback
TERM 3
Clinic
Building on mentor conference 2, this session helps mentors understand adaptive expertise and introduces a new strategy they can use. Mentors will practise and receive feedback on this strategy. There are three clinic options, each focusing on a different strategy. Facilitators will choose the most appropriate strategy for the session.
Optional and additional support
Mentoring and coaching development area
An optional online self-study course for mentors focuses on instructional coaching and their interests Modules enhance knowledge, offer targeted practice, and cover the mentor's role in ITTECF.
Coaching for mentors
Delivery partners can offer additional support sessions for mentors to receive tailored practice and feedback on instructional coaching. Sessions focus on areas of need in mentoring practice, prioritising effective modelling and practice.
All ECT and Mentor training sessions are now available to book. This year we are not allocating the online clinic sessions - all participants can book sessions that suit them. The links below have been emailed to all participants. These links are also on the LDE website and will remain there.
Appropriate Body Training: registrations now open!
ECT Manager: Click here to register new ECTs
Appropriate Body Team: - all email addresses and hotlines on our website.
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 and Essex
Website and Handbook
Please do take a look at our website: https://londondistricteast.org/appropriate-body/ where there is a lot of useful information about our services.
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.
DfE is yet to confirmed scholarship funding for Autumn 2025 cohorts of NPQs.
For the next round of NPQs, planned for November 2025, we plan to offer both Ambition and Best Practice NPQs.
Ambition has opened pre-registrations for November NPQs. Anyone wishing to express an interest please go to the Ambition Institute website , select the NPQ you are interested in (towards the bottom of the page), and complete their pre-registration form. For the Delivery Partner, please select London District East Teaching School Hub.
Ambition will forward your details to us.
As soon as the DfE release further details of timings, and funding, we will be in touch to complete your pre-registration for your chosen NPQ.
Best Practice Network has opened their pre-registration. Anyone wishing to express an interest please go to:
Best Practice Network Specialist NPQS
Best Practice Leadership NPQs
Select the NPQ you are interested in and complete their preregistration form.
If you have any questions please email: martin.redfern@londondistricteast.org
London District East Teacher Training
We have now closed recruitment for September 2025
We have around 60 trainees starting with us in September at a range of incredible partner schools across East London.
Around 30 are in secondary shortage subjects, with others in the remaining secondary subjects and across the primary phases.
We will open recruitment for 26-27 on October 2025.
To find our more: click here to visit our website.
Delivered by: London District East Teaching School Hub
Accredited Providers: Ambition Institute (QTS)
PGCE Provider: Liverpool Hope University (PGCE)
We offer:
Primary (5-11) PGCE with QTS (Full and Part time)
Secondary (12-16) PGCE with QTS (Full time)
https://becoming-a-teacher.design-history.education.gov.uk/becoming-a-teacher/routes-into-teaching/
Frequently raised issues about initial teacher training... The ITT landscape is confusing! We need help planning for trainees in our school but we don’t know where to start... How do we access teacher apprenticeships? What is PGTA or TDA? What are the various routes into teaching? Meet the team 1:1 online to unpick your school teacher training needs and we will give you all of the information you need to pick your perfect provider. Please contact: craig.lilleyman@londondistricteast.org
ELIGIBILITY: OPEN TO MATHS TEACHERS WITH QTS IN STATE-FUNDED SCHOOLS AND A MINIMUN OF TWO YEARS’ TEACHING EXPERIENCE.
COMMITMENT: 7.5 DAYS IN YEAR ONE AND 7.5 DAYS IN YEAR TWO TOTAL FUNDING £3000, HEADTEACHER ATTENDANCE AT AUTUMN LAUNCH REQUIRED
ELIGIBILITY: FOR EXPERIENCED (2+ YEARS) POST-16 GCSE/FSQ MATHS TEACHERS REGULARLY TEACHING STUDENTS AGED 16–19.
COMMITMENT: 15 DAYS RELEASE TIME IN YEAR ONE AND 15 DAYS RELEASE TIME IN YEAR TWO TOTAL FUNDING £6000.
Email: projectlead@lneastmathshub org uk
Website: https://lneastmathshub.org.uk
X: @LNEMathsHub
Tel: 020 8472 1062 ext 1
New Vision English Hub is based at Elmhurst Primary School in Newham
We are 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.
We 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 us for more information or click here to complete a self referral form
We are ‘A Brighter Start: East London’s Stronger Practice Hub’ led by Sheringham Nursery School and Children’s Centre. The hub is funded by the Department for Education. As an Early Years Stronger Practice Hub, we are here to provide advice, share good practice and offer evidence-based professional development for early years practitioners working with children from birth to 4 years old
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Showcases and webinars
Reading and resources on our website
Bespoke support and advice
Signposting to DfE/EEF programmes
Childminder stay and play
Networking opportunities
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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.
https://londondistricteast.org/
We are part of The Boleyn Trust family of schools https://boleyntrust.org/