If schools wish to design their own programme for ECTs and Mentors, they must first notify the Appropriate Body Service. The Appropriate Body will be able to support with expectations and quality assurance of the programme design through fidelity checks.

Your school can:

• design and deliver its own training programme based on the ITTECF
• use some, or all of DfE’s school-led materials to design your own training programme

School-led materials are free to use. They are designed to cover the ITTECF statements in full and provide schools with the opportunity to adapt and contextualise the training for the needs of their ECTs. These materials have been accredited by the DfE and quality assured by the Education Endowment Foundation.