Funding for time off timetable for early career teachers and mentors who participated in the national roll-out of the early career framework reforms

Details

The guidance is for:

• local authorities
• school leaders
• school teachers
• governing bodies and their representatives

ECF year 2 time off timetable funding​ is paid in the summer of year 2 of the early career teacher’s (ECTs) induction.

This funding covers the cost of giving each ECT in year 2 of induction:

• 5% off timetable for induction activities including ECF-based training and mentor sessions
• a dedicated mentor for each ECT, based on 20 hours of mentoring in year 2 of induction

This funding is linked to the ECT and paid to the school who has registered the ECT as undergoing their ECF training at that school.

Conditions of grant

This guidance sets out the terms and conditions applied to the funding for schools that signed up for and participated in the national roll-out of the early career framework reforms from September 2021.

Allocations

We have published the funding for time off timetable for early career framework (ECF) teachers and mentor grant allocations for July 2023.

Payments

Payments will be made to local authorities for maintained schools at the end of July 2023 and directly to academies at the start of August 2023.

A sweep up payment will be made inearly autumn2024, 2023, to ensure all eligible schools and organisations not captured in the summer 2023 payment window are paid in-year.

Further details

For any further enquiries you can contact: continuing-professional-development@digital.education.gov.uk