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News in Brief:
Updates from DfE below - including the new ECTE
Including all teachers needing to have QTS from September 2026
Updated ECF Programme from Ambition with excellent new iterations for Sept 2025
All Year 1 ECTs who started in September 2004 had ECT Conference 2 on Adaptive Teaching at Excel in January! It was great to see everyone
Online ECT and Mentor Clinics coming up in Spring 2
NPQs: We have offered all of our places on April NPQs Anyone who still wants to apply to join the waitlist apply here.
News from Early Years Stronger Practice Hub
News from East London Research School
Lots of news from the Maths and English Hubs
Please encourage anyone you know who wants to train as a teacher in September 2025 to apply here. Trainee Recruitment
DfE News
The government has announced:
ECTE - Early Career
Entitlement
The government has committed to updating the Early Career Framework, maintaining its grounding in evidence.
From September 2025, building on the ECF, we are introducing the Early Career Teacher Entitlement (ECTE).
The Early Career Teacher Entitlement will revise and improve the delivery of what we formerly referred to as the ECF programme, maintaining the grounding in evidence, to ensure the highest standards of professional development for new teachers
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SEND training materials
The biggest in-school factor that makes the impact to a child’s educational outcomes is high-quality teaching. This is particularly important for pupils with Special Educational Needs and disabilities (SEND).
We know from feedback that training is most powerful when it feels relevant to the ECT’s context, and that too often ECTs feel unprepared and unsupported to teach pupils with SEND.
We will partner with expert organisations to provide targeted support and further resources for ECTs in special schools.
This will ensure that the Early Career Teacher Entitlement will help to create a more supportive and effective environment for ECTs teaching pupils with SEND, ultimately leading to better outcomes for those pupils.
News
The government has announced:
Streamlined ECT Registration
We will reduce workload for schools by introducing a single system for schools to sign their ECTs up for training and statutory induction. Date to be confirmed in due course.
Streamlining the registration service will ensure that senior leaders can spend their time on supporting their ECTs and mentors, rather than administrative tasks.
A single system will create a more straightforward and simplified registration process.
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
As part of this Bill, subject to Parliament, from 1 September 2026: New teachers would need to hold or be working towards Qualified Teacher Status; or meet one of the exemptions to the requirement for QTS set out in regulations.
The measure would also extend the requirement of statutory induction to newly qualified teachers in academies.
The DfE will make guidance on the new QTS requirements available to schools in advance of this date to support and encourage them to start to consider how they will ensure that the teachers who they recruit have QTS or are working towards it.
There is more in depth information about this, alongside all the other measures in the Bill, at: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024: policy summary - GOV.UK.
Early Career Teacher Programme
Exciting changes to the ECT programme for September 2025.
All modules rewritten to be more challenging and progressive from ITT
Fortnightly instructional coaching in Year 1 as well, with the alternate week for pastoral only - obviously schools could carry on weekly
Much more spiralised curriculum which spans 'new content' across Year 2 as well.
More on SEN and Oracy threaded throughout the modules. Updated online Clinic sessions.
Conference 3 replaced with Adaption and SEND.
Mentor training is reduced to 1 year - existing full trained Mentors to be excused for now.
Early Career Teacher Programme
ECT Training in Spring 2
Training for Year 1 ECTs - after half term!
ECT Clinic 2:
Pupils Thinking Hard
Online: 3:45 - 5pm
Dates and Zoom Links on My Ambition
Training for Year 2 ECTs - after half term!
ECT Clinic 4:
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Working with others/interactions with stakeholders
Online: 3:45 - 5pm
Dates and Zoom Links on My Ambition
All details can be found in My Ambition Events.
April Starters 2025
Early Career Teacher Programme
Any new ECTs that you recruit to school from 1st Feb will now be April 2025 starters.
Please let us know if you employ any new ECTs and we will add them to the April cohort or add them to the correct group, if they have already completed terms of Induction prior to joining your school.
Early Career Teacher Programme
Engagement with Steplab
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, using Steplab or .
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 LDE website: https://londondistricteast.org/early-career-teachers/steplab-training/
Appropriate Body Services
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 + Essex
Elana Roos O’Donoghue - Senior Appropriate Body Advisor – QA Visits
Website 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.
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.
Appropriate Body Agreements
Thank you to all schools who have electronically signed their 24/25 AB agreements.
AB invoices
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 recently held some more drop-in sessions on Zoom and may ECTs, Mentors and Head Teachers attended to ask their questions direct to the Senior Appropriate Body Advisors.
News
New April 2025 Cohorts
NPQH
NPQSL
NPQ SEND (2 cohorts of 40)
NPQLT Leading Teaching
These cohorts are now full and we have waitlists on all cohorts.
We are running all programmes - some in partnership with other TSH, so please still apply if you would like to join any of the other NPQs or join the waitlists for the above programmes: https://forms.office.com/e/TfQAPSCCav
Initial Teacher Training
Ambition Teacher Training
Delivered by: London District East Teaching School Huub Programme Accredited providers: Liverpool Hope (PGCE) with Ambition Institute (QTS)
Learn how you can train with us on one of the programmes:
Primary (5-11) PGCE with QTS (Full and Part time)
Secondary (12-16) PGCE with QTS (Full time)
Ready to apply?
Candidates can apply here: APPLY
Please click here to visit our website
Contact:
rosetta.robinson@londondistricteast.org
Director of Teacher Training London District East Teaching School Hub
LDE Teach Meet Sessions
We hold online Teach Meet sessions where we introduce and answer questions about our teacher training programme.
Tuesday 11th Feb 2025 - 5pm
Tuesday 25th Feb 2025 - 5pm
Tuesday 11th March - 5pm
Tuesday 25th March - 5pm
Tuesday 8th April - 5pm
https://zoom.us/meeting/registe r/tJAsce6gpz8sGNY3ElZbOAMm5lRQ7WKwkHF
ITT Strategic Role
We need more ITT placements across East London!
DfE has given us a strategic role across East London to increase the amount of training placements.
For this we have:
Founded the East London ITT Engagement Forum which brings together all local teacher training providers to address the challenges and issues we all face.
Mapped the ITT landscape across East London to find the cold spots where there are not enough placements.
Next we will:
Engage with schools to provide more placements in primary and secondary shortage subjects across BD, Havering and Newham.
Please let us know if you have capacity to host more trainees with ANY provider and we will support you.
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
London’s Childminder Conference Tickets, Sat, Mar 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite
Sign up: here
SECONDARY MASTERY SPECIALIST
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAD
SECONDARY MATLEAD SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT LEAD
POST16&FSQ MASTERY SPECIALIST
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ENGLISH HUB SHOWCASE
New Vision English Hub at Elmhurst Primary School
Date: 18th March 2025
Time: 9:00am - 1:30pm
Joinus at Elmhurst Primary School for a free morning of phonic observation, read ing and early language development CPD and strategic action planning Find out how New Vision English Hub can provide up to £6,000 of free funding and support to drive standards in reading teaching and early language development in your school. You will have the opportunity to:
Observe phonic teaching at Elmhurst and consider how to ensure your phonic programme runs effectively.
Learn how we are developing a reading for pleasure culture in our school and how we are accelerating our pupils’ language development. These sessions will be filled with practical strategies you can implement in your school.
Your school could be eligible for funding and support if you meet any two of the listed criteria:
Schools with lower than average PSC Results (Average in 2023 was 79%)
Schools with a high proportion of groups considered hard to reach such as EAL, FSM, Travellers
Schools where there is a risk of declining standards
Schools where the lowest 20% are not on course to reach the expected standard in the PSC
Schools with a higher than average children eligible for pupil premium
Schools referred by local partners (National leaders in Education, Local Authorities etc
The eventis open to Reading Leaders and Senior Leaders. Schools can claim £160 to offset cover costs for attending the Showcase.
Contact us to find out how we can support your school
Click here to book now
The Maternity Teacher Paternity Teacher Project
Happy Mother’s Day with The MTPT Project!
Celebrate Mother’s Day and International Women’s Day this March with a full range of support from The MTPT Project and [TSH Name]. With four fantastic events for staff and leaders, there’s a practical gift for everyone
Missing Mothers virtual conference Friday 21st March and Saturday 22nd March
Access this two-day virtual event with a range of ticket options for schools and individuals, and hear from a range of fantastic speakers, session hosts and panellists. Full line up on Eventbrite.
Parental Leave group coaching programme – Spring Cohort Begins Tuesday 4th March
Life Friendly Leadership programme Begins Friday 7th March
For school, MAT and system leaders serious about addressing the damaging impact of the motherhood penalty on the health of our workforce This five-session online programme provides you with the knowledge and supportive community to improve working conditions and cultures in your setting. Full dates and session titles are available on Eventbrite.
The MTPT Project’s popular group coaching programme offers a sense of community, empowerment and motivation for teachers, leaders and support staff currently on a period of maternity, adoption or shared parental leave.The programme is fully-funded for state school teachers in England thanks to [TSH Name] – live and recorded access places available on Eventbrite.
March Return to Work workshop
Thursday
27th March
Prepare for a confident return to work after maternity, adoption or shared parental leave in this 90 minute workshop which shares information about your legal entitlements, and gives you the headspace to get your logistical and emotional ducks in a row. This workshop is also fully-funded for state school teachers in England thanks to [TSH Name] –live and recorded access places available on Eventbrite
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.
We are part of The Boleyn Trust family of schools. https://boleyntrust.org/ https://londondistricteast.org/
