ECT Teacher Development in East London
The Early Career Teacher Programme
We are one of the largest local delivery partners for the Ambition ECT Programme. We work with schools from across East and South London and Essex.
The Ambition Early Career Teacher Programme was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in 2023
We use instructional coaching, one of the best-evidenced forms of professional development, meaning your early career teachers will benefit from bite-sized content and tailored, observational feedback to help them to keep getting better over time.
ECTs will also benefit from our innovative Steplab learning platform, designed by teachers, for teachers. An accessible learning platform designed to provide carefully structured support, to ensure that mentors can provide high-quality mentoring without adding to their workload.
You must register your ECTs and Mentors with BOTH the:
1. Appropriate Body
2. DfE registration service
Schools new to the programme
If you are a completely NEW school to the programme – and you have not used the Ambition ECT programme before – you must:
1. Contact: martin.redfern@londondistricteast.org to register with the Appropriate Body
2. Contact: craig.lilleyman@londondistricteast.org to register your school as a new partner school with Ambition Institute
Registering new ECTs and Mentors
Both aspects of registration below must be undertaken by the school.
It is the Head teacher’s responsibility to ensure that this is completed. This responsibility is usually delegated to an in-school Induction Tutor.
| Appropriate Body Registration | DfE and Ambition ECT Programme Registration |
| All schools are under a statutory duty to register their ECTs with an Appropriate Body before they start work in a school. | |
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Go to ECT Manager: Log into your chosen Appropriate Body and register your Induction Tutor, Head Teacher and each ECT and Mentor. If you have any questions, please email: Ruksara.choudhury@londondistricteast.org |
Go to the DfE portal: https://manage-training-for-early-career-teachers.education.gov.uk/ Log in and register your Induction Tutor each ECT and Mentor. Step by Step guide on how to use this portal. If you have any questions, please email: Rowena.Johnson@londondistricteast.org |
If you would like more information on Appropriate Body services, click on the link.
Transferring ECTs and Replacing Mentors
| What do you want to do? | Appropriate Body | DfE and Ambition ECT Programme |
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ECTs leaving or joining your school ECTs transferring to your school part way through induction. |
Go to ECT Manager: Transfer out: Make all the necessary updates. Transfer in: He will confirm how many term of Induction your transferring ECT has done. Programme Co-ordinator to place the ECT in the right cohort of the programme. |
Go to the DfE portal: Transfer out: If the old school wants to process and transfer-out the ECT ahead of time, or if the new school is not known: Click on the “Manage mentors and ECTs” button Click on the participant’s name and the link at the bottom of their record under the heading “No longer training?” If an ECT is leaving your school, please email: rowena.johnson@ Transfer in: Shown in this demo video. We need to place the ECT in the right cohort of the programme. |
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Replace a Mentor |
Log into ECT Manager and make the necessary updates. |
Register the new Mentor on the DfE portal if they are not already registered. Ensure you pair the up with the ECT they will be mentoring on the DfE Portal. This is what will pull through to My Ambition and Steplab. A brand new Mentor will need to onboard to the Ambiton ECT Programme by following the instructions in their Ambition Welcome email. Once the Mentor is onboarded the Induction Tutor needs to link the ECT and Mentor on Steplab via the ‘Manage’ Tab. Email rowena.johnson@londondistricteast.org if the new Mentor needs mentor training. |
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Withdraw a Mentor |
Log into ECT Manager and make the necessary updates. |
TSH has to withdraw Mentors from the Ambition system. Inform us by filling in this form: |
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Change your school Induction Tutor |
Log into ECT Manager and make the necessary updates. |
First you MUST make his change on the DfE registration portal. Get the consent of your Head Teacher and please to fill in this form: |
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When an ECT goes on Maternity Leave or Extended Leave |
Email the Appropriate Body: martin.redfern@londondistricteast.org with an estimated return date and the AB will ‘Hold’ the ECT on ECT Manager for you. Notify the Appropriate Body by email when the ECT returns. |
Pause’ the ECT on the DfE Portal. • Click on the ‘Manage’ tab. |
