Early Career Teachers (ECT)
We are delighted that you have chosen Ealing to begin your teaching career.
We are very proud of our schools as 92% of Ealing’s children and young people learn within good or outstanding school.
Most of our schools are part of the Ealing Learning Partnership, a commitment and joint investment with the council to promote educational excellence and well-being for all learners through collaboration and innovation.
Induction at a glance
- All qualified teachers who are employed in a relevant school in England must, by law, complete an induction period. The length of the induction period, whether part-time or full-time ECT, is two school years.
- Statutory induction is the bridge between initial teacher training and teaching career.
- Induction combines a structured programme of development, support and professional dialogue, underpinned by the Early Career Framework, with monitoring and an assessment of performance against the Teachers’ Standards.
- ECTs are entitled to 10% reduced timetable in the first year and 5% in the second year for professional development.
- ECTs must complete an induction period satisfactorily as there is no repeat.
- For more, please visit Statutory guidance on NQT inductions
Induction arrangements from September 2021
Register an ECT with Ealing AB
Early career framework fidelity checking
Irish trained teachers and induction
Summary of DfE guidance induction for Early Career Teachers 2021* (pdf)
Short summary produced by the AB.
ECT statutory induction FAQs *(pdf)
Short summary produced by the AB.
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Support available for ECT induction
- Ealing Local Authority acts as the Appropriate Body (AB) and monitors and supports the NQT induction process. The quality assurance of statutory induction, through the role of the appropriate body (AB), is important both for ensuring that schools provide adequate support for their ECTs, and that their assessment is fair and consistent across all institutions.
- Mirela Temo (ECT induction, EMA and RE adviser) is the main contact at the appropriate body. Mirela provides support to schools on ECT induction statutory requirements and procedures, assessments and conducts the quality assurance of induction and fidelity checking of Early Career Framework programme.
Ealing Appropriate Body contact details
Mirela Temo - Tel: 020 8825 7986 or Mobile: 07957 637 118
Email: mtemo@ealing.gov.uk
Ealing induction team - Technical support with ECT manager
Tel: 020 8825 5763
Email: ectinduction@ealing.gov.uk
Professional development opportunities
Visit Ealing CPD online to view and book training events. Register for alerts via My CPD online.
Other useful contacts
ECT Manager
Website: www.ealing.nqtmanager.com/Login.aspx Key resources and documents are available here.
About NQT Manager and personal data (pdf)
Teaching Regulation Agency
Teaching Regulation Agency website - for general enquiries regarding QTS.
Tel: 020 7593 5392
Email: teacher.induction@education.gov.uk
Teacher self-service portal
Ealing school vacancies website
Useful links and resources
DfE guidance
- Statutory guidance on NQT inductions 2018
- Statutory guidance induction for early career teachers 2021
- Supporting early career teachers: reducing teacher workload
- Early career framework
- Changes to statutory induction from September 2021
- International teacher recruitment programme
- Getting qualified teacher status (QTS)
