What schools need to know

1. Outstanding
Professional
Expertise
ECF
Consultation for delivery – September 2021

2. Who are
OLP?
Every child able to benefit from an excellent
education, regardless of background
Every education professional able to grow and give
their best
Inspire
Learning
Work
Together
Act with
Integrity
Strive for
Excellence
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Known & Trusted | 98% Satisfaction
‘Exceptional’ Provision | 95% Pass Rate
 School-led CPD provider since 2012
 Proven infrastructure having supported 14,000+
participants over the last 3yrs
 Deliver accredited CPD through a 160 strong national
partner-led model
 Provider of Apprenticeships, ECF, EYITT, HLTA,
NASENCO & more
 Exceeding DfE performance metrics
 Dedicated and expert programme, participant and
partner support teams
 We help to build and develop workforce and
partner expertise, offer and reach
 Programmes built on, and updated with, up to date
research evidence

3. Impact and outcomes
Our programmes and systems have been structured
to capture and measure the impact of learning on the
individual (through a professional skills audit) and
their school (through practice-based activity).
 Monitor regional trends through the outcomes of
the professional skills audit linked to programme
level, school phase, type & specialism, and by
participant characteristic
 Track participant progress and succession through
and beyond programme engagement, supporting
succession through a talent pipeline
Our ‘School Improvement Library’ showcases
practice-activity helping capture, celebrate and
disseminate learning for all.
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4. Working together for
schools
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 Understand and plan for local needs
 Provide locally delivered high-quality CPD
 Create programmes that provide challenge and rigour
 Give a personalised wrap-around support offer for all learners
 Provide alternate funding opportunities for all schools
 Enable collaborative opportunities beyond local school network
 Recognise talent and plan for succession
 Develop and nurture local leaders of CPD

5. Background and Intent
 The Secretary of State announced in March 2020 a golden thread
from Initial Teacher Training through to school leadership, offering
clear career progression;
 A greater range of career development choices for teachers; and
 Ensuring an excellent teaching profession, leading to improved
teacher quality, retention, and ultimately pupil outcomes.

6. The Golden Thread
 Through the revised Initial Teacher Training Core Content Framework and the implementation of the Early Career
Framework, the DfE are now supporting teachers in the first years of their career with a structured two-year induction
into the profession.
 The NPQs and New Headteacher Programme build on this foundation to provide continuous career pathways with
training and support for teachers and leaders at all levels.
 The revised suite of specialist and leadership NPQs will complete the golden thread from initial teacher training through
to school leadership, rooting teacher and leader development in the best available evidence and collective wisdom of the
profession.

7. ECF - School Options
Option 1: School Led Induction Programme
Design own two year induction programme based on the Early Career Framework.
Option 2: Core Induction Programme
Deliver own induction programme using high quality materials and resources, accredited by the DfE.
Option 3: Full Induction Programme
Use a lead provider to support meeting the new statutory induction requirements

8. DfE Funding
The DfE is providing funding for additional activity in year 2:
 An additional 5% off new teachers teaching timetable in their second year of induction.
 Additional funding to backfill mentor time spent undertaking training in addition to the funding for time off
timetable. The funding amount is calculated by taking the average salary of mentors and early career teachers, split by region.
Mentor's Unit Cost (Years 1&2 - Time off timetable for
training)
England (excluding the
London Area)
Inner London Area Outer London Area Fringe Area
36h cost (2 years of training) £1576.10 £1929.24 £1737.14 £1623.24

9. ECF Component
Programme Parts
Components of the programme:
• ECT self-directed study
• ECT mentor meetings, including Module Audits
• ECT training
• Mentor Training
The ECF is presented around the Teachers’ Standards but for clarity,
the ECF is not, and should not be used, as an assessment
framework.
The appropriate body is responsible for checking new teachers
receive statutory entitlements, are fairly and consistently assessed
and receive a programme of support and training based on the ECF.
Commonly used abbreviations
ECF Early Career Framework
ECT Early Career Teacher
ECM Early Career Mentor
CIP Core Induction Programme
FIP Full Induction Programme
AB Appropriate Body
ITT Initial Teacher Training
NQT Newly Qualified Teacher

10. ECF Modules

11. Early Career
Development
Programme
- Flexible
- Tailored
- Supportive
- Accessible
ECT Training:
36 hours facilitated activity
27 hours self-directed study
Mentoring:
59 hours structured
mentoring meetings
Total ECT hours = 122

12. Mentor Training
- Workload management
- Building mentor confidence
- Peer to peer support
- Wider system retention
Mentor Training:
36 hours facilitated activity
Mentoring:
59 hours structured mentoring
meetings
Total mentor hours = 95

13. Programme design principles
Coherent approach to increase, internalise and deepen expertise of participants, partners, and workforce
Clear quality standards and expectations for participant, partners and workforce
Create a compelling body of knowledge to engage, inform and challenge practice in participant context
Access to a supported personalised professional learning journey with choice, challenge and purpose
Routed in research evidence and practice-led learning
Progress route self/peer regulated, reviewed and measured
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14. Programme learning design
Based upon the ‘Five Principles of Deliberate Practice’
PUSH BEYOND
one’s comfort
zone
Programme materials
designed to challenge
thinking
Work toward
well-defined
SPECIFIC GOALS
Agreed with mentor
at outset
FOCUS
intently on
practice activities
Formative
assessment tasks
that involve ‘doing’
Receive and
respond to
HIGH-QUALITY
FEEDBACK
Feedback from
mentor
Develop a
MENTAL MODEL
of expertise
Outcome of activity
assessed through
formative /
summative tasks
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15. Mentor Training Programme Content
Sample Pre-deployment Training
Mentor Induction Conference
Resource Pack
Mentor Module 1 Week 2
Mentor Handbook

16. ECT Training Programme Content
ECT Audit Module 2
ECT training materials
Scorm Packages

17. Mentor Session

18. School Enrolment for the Full Induction Programme
• Further resources on web site
• Enrol/Express Interest by
completing the form:
https://ccms.bpnsystems.net/ec
f_application/
• DfE will be writing to you in the
(some schools have already
received their letters) with
details about the ECF portal
• BPN will log onto the DfE Portal
and identify ourselves as your
lead provider if you have signed
up with us

19. Learn. Share. Grow.
bestpracticenet.co.uk
Learn more at:
www.bestpracticenet.co.uk/early-career-framework
Enrol your school here:
https://ccms.bpnsystems.net/ecf_application/
Contact us at:
cpd@bestpracticenet.co.uk
0117 920 9200