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Summer 2026 Newsletter

ECTP 2025 Events: ECT Clinics 3 and 6 after half term.

LDE Recruiting: VF recruitment now closed - thank you to all.

Appropriate Body: End of Year Assessments due in July.

Ambition NPQs: Recruitment for Autumn 2026 open + funding!

Best Practice NPQs: Recruitment for Autumn 2026 + funding!

Ambition Teacher Training: Graduation and Induction incoming.

London North East Maths Hub: Primary Spotlight Series.

New Wave English Hub: Secondary Support for KS3 reading!

East London Research School: EY Maths Champions

East London Brighter Start Stronger Practice Hub: Maths through Picture Books.

RISE London: Universal Offer and London Plan.

Reception Network Lead School: Support for East London EYs

Early Career Teacher Programme 25/26

Early Career Teacher Programme

MENTOR CURRICULUM MAP

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.

TERM 2

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

Mentor 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.

Summer Term Important Notes:

The deadline for Progress reviews/End of year and Final Assessments is 8 July th

Please remember there should be no surprises for the ECT when these reports are written, so please make them aware of any issues, and if they are not on track inform your AB Advisor.

Check the due dates on ECT Manager as some may vary due to start dates or extensions

Registrations for September ECTs opened on 15 June. th If you have missed any of the recent online AB information sessions, you can find the PowerPoints in the Resources folder on ECT Manager

Please continue to monitor closely any ECTs on Support Plans

All ECTs must continue with their self-study and mentors sessions until the end of term, even if the End of Year Assessment (or Progress Review) has been completed and submitted.

All important reminders and messages are also sent directly to Induction Tutors and via ECT Manager.

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, Southend and Waltham Forest

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.

Initial Teacher Training at LDE

About the Programme

The programme aims to improve maths attainment of children in an early years setting by training a Maths Champion and Deputy Maths Champion (MC and DMC) in key mathematical concepts and increasing staff confidence.

After completing a live induction and online training modules the MC will lead on completing a staff confidence and nursery environment audit and action plan to improve the mathematical learning environment and confidence of all staff

They will also lead on implementing 10 or more core activities with children that build on the key areas of maths learning MCs will then be able to revisit their audits and review the outcomes of the core activities.

Throughout the 12 months the MC and DMC will have access to ongoing one-to-one support from an Early Years Expert as well as regular webinars on arising topics.

Click here to find out more information!