Appropriate Body Services
We are committed to providing all schools and their Early Career Teachers (ECTs) a highly-skilled and efficient service led by a team with years of experience of operating as an Appropriate Body.
Our service includes:
- Independent quality assurance of an ECT’s right to a highly structured induction programme
- A dedicated named person for ECTs and Induction Tutors to contact when needed.
- Expert advice and training for Headteachers and ECF Induction Tutors.
- Fair and consistent assessment of ECTs against the Teachers’ Standards.
- Monitoring of progress reviews and formal assessments through the online ECT Manager system, which reduces the workload for Induction Tutors / Headteachers
- Quality Assurance visits to a minimum of 10% of all schools
- Support for any ECTs moving to a new school or AB, or requesting a change in the length of induction
- Registration of, and reporting on, ECTs to the Teacher Regulation Agency (TRA)
- Detailed fidelity checks and school visits where schools run a school-led Early Career Training Programme (ECTP).
We also offer FREE training for ECF Leads and Induction Tutors, including:
- How to write effective assessment reports
- Setting targets for progress reviews
- Supporting ECTs who are not on track and creating a support plan
- Bespoke guidance for registering new ECTs
To fulfil their obligation to provide an Early Career Training Programme, based on the ITTECF framework, schools have two options:
Provider-led ECTP
A fully funded provider-led programme, offering high quality training for ECTs and their mentors, alongside professional development materials. (The Teaching School Hub offer this in partnership with Teach First).
School-led ECTP
Schools can draw on high quality professional development materials, accredited by the DfE, to design and deliver their own ECT and mentor training. Schools designing their own training must ensure that it covers the ITTECF in full and additional checks will be made by the Appropriate Body.
Pricing for Appropriate Body services reflects the differing levels of fidelity checks required by the DfE, depending on the option selected for ECTP.
Provider-led ECTP - £190 per ECT, per year.
School-led ECTP - Where schools use ALL of the DfE accredited materials to design an ECTP, there will be an upfront charge of £500 per school (to cover a 2-year period) PLUS £190 per ECT, per year.
School-led ECTP - Where schools DO NOT USE ALL of the accredited materials and also use their own materials, there will be an upfront charge of £1000 per school (to cover a 2-year period) PLUS £190 per ECT, per year.
To register for our Appropriate Body services, or to request further information,
please email [email protected] or call us on 0116 2689727