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Early career teacher entitlement (ECTE) support

Information on the ECTE, the 2-year programme of training and support for early career teachers (ECTs).

Updates to this page

Published 13 April 2022
Last updated 27 August 2025 show all updates
  1. Added 'Grant funding for early career teacher entitlement (ECTE) year 2 time off timetable and mentor support'.

  2. Updated to reflect changes to early career teacher training and induction from September 2025.

  3. 'ECF-based training' section has been updated with information on 'Managing training for early career teachers'.

  4. 'How to set up training for early career teachers' and 'How to manage early career teacher training' added under the 'ECF-based training' section. 'Guidance for schools: how to manage ECF-based training' removed.

  5. ‘Backfill payments for time off timetable for early career framework (ECF) mentor training (national roll-out)’ has been added to the section ‘ECF-based training’.

  6. First published.