What is the Early Career Teacher Entitlement?
Early career teacher entitlement (ECTE) is a 2-year programme that supports early career teachers (ECTs) when they start their teaching career. It’s designed to:
- develop their professional skills
- provide them with the knowledge and skills to meet the  teachers’ standards
It includes:
- a training programme for ECTs
- mentor support for ECTs
- a training programme for new mentors (if the school uses a Department for Education (DfE) funded lead provider)
- time off timetable for ECTs and mentors
- regular progress reviews and 2 formal assessments for ECTs against the teachers’ standards
As we begin the next academic year, we are moving into a period where we will be running the original programme for the Early Career Framework (ECPDP) alongside the new Early Career Teaching Programme (ECTP) for all ECTs that register from September 2025 onwards.
As you are aware the Early Career Framework has been revised to ITTECF and will come into effect from September 2025. The Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework (ITTECF) covers the training and induction periods at the start of a teacher’s career, combining and replacing the previously separate Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Core Content Framework (CCF) and Early Career Framework (ECF).
Key changes for ECTs:
- Diagnostic tools to help tailor topics teachers need the most support with.
- More content on adaptive teaching and SEND to help teachers support the needs of their pupils.
- More examples for different phases, settings and subjects
- An enhanced focus on literacy and oracy
- A focus on translating research into practice and application of theory in the classroom.
Early Career Training Programme (ECTP)
Watch the video below for an insight into L.E.A.D. Teaching School Hub's Early Teacher Entitlement and Appropriate Body services.
Watch the video below for an insight to the impact the ECF is having on some of our ECTs.
Next Steps as a School
For Mentors and ECTs in the 2nd year to access the edt online portal : Click here.
For ECTs and Mentors brand new from September 2025 please click here to access edt online portal.
Who is the Lead Provider
We are a trusted partner of Education Development Trust (edt), delivering the Early Career Professional Development Programme (ECPDP) and Early Career Training Programme (ECTP) as part of the Early Career Teacher Entitlement (ECTE). Providing essential specialist support to early career teachers and mentors, the programme is evidence-based and built on years of working with schools to create genuinely transformative professional development pathways.
For further information contact Sophie or Rachael on 01522 214459
To access a calendar for all ECF Local and Regional Training Sessions for 25/26 for ECTs and Mentors who started induction prior to September 2025
To access a calendar for all ECF Local and Regional Training Sessions for 25/26 for ECTs and Mentors who started induction from September 2025
