Sussex Coast Schools Alliance

We are really excited to be working with UCL Institute of Education as a Delivery Partner for the Early Career Framework (ECF). 

Schools recruiting ECTs starting in September 2023 can join Cohort 3 of the fully funded Full Induction Programme (FIP) ​using SCSA as the Delivery Partner for UCL's ECF programme..There are six steps you should take now to register an Early Career Teacher (ECT).

Step 1: You should already have registered your Induction Tutor with the DfE.  Your Induction Tutor should access the DfE portal for ECF.

Step 2: On access to the portal, you will then be asked to make a choice on how you intend to deliver the Early Career Framework. You will make a choice for the full induction programme (FIP).

Step 3: ​You will be asked to select your Teaching School Hub (TSH) to deliver the programme.  As you are choosing to access ECF through our Alliance DO NOT select a TSH.  Instead, ​you should fill out the Expression of Interest form 2023-24 for ECTs starting in September 2023  and we will pass on your details to UCL. ​

Expression of interest form for ECTs starting in September 2023

If you have any late starting ECTs in this academic year 2023-24 please email us directly with their details.

Step 4: Upload ECT & Mentor information onto the DfE portal.  Make sure ECTs are added to the correct Cohort and linked to their mentor.  This data is then passed to UCL and used to provide log ins for ECTs and Mentors for the UCLeXtend learning platform.   We advise that the mentor is not the same person as the Induction Tutor.

When UCL submit our data to the DfE they will know that you are using the UCL's Full Induction Programme for ECF and that we are the Delivery Partner for the provision.

Step 5: Register your ECT with an Appropriate Body

The Appropriate Body (AB) and the provider of the Early Career Framework (SCSA/UCL) are different things.  The role of the AB is to support schools with the monitoring and assessment of ECTs, and schools must register their ECTs with an AB to fulfil the requirements of Induction.   The AB makes the final decision to the Teaching Regulation Agency whether the ECT has passed induction.  Whilst the Full Induction Programme (ECF) is fully funded there is a charge to sign up with an AB.  You could use whoever you have used before or Wandle (see details below):

Wandle Teaching School Hub acts as an appropriate body for ECT induction and is now accepting registrations from schools for September 2023. Wandle has been an Appropriate Body for many years and aims to provide an effective and supportive service for schools. To enable them to provide this service to schools, ECTs, Mentors and Induction Tutors, they use ECT Manager which is an online programme. The first stage is for schools to register with Wandle using this Google Form:

 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmANKRS7d9yI34pdSXcQz6jDBGHhn4_s9IriTisnEclvDqdg/viewform.

 Wandle's ECT team will register your school in ECT Manager once the form is received. Following successful registration, you will receive user names and passwords which will allow you to access the programme, register your ECTs and complete all progress and assessment reports.

Wandle's fee for each  ECT is £225 for the two-year registration. Please note that this price may change for the 2024 intake.

Quality Assurance and further support (if needed) will be delivered by SCSA.

Please get in touch if you have any questions.