Early Career Teacher induction

Appropriate Body services cessation

As part of the government’s Appropriate Body agenda, Local Authorities have ceased being able to provide Appropriate Body services for Early Career Teachers (ECTs) from September 2024.

Hampshire, and specifically Education Personnel Services as the lead for the Appropriate Body service, would like to extend a thank you to all those schools it has worked with to provide Appropriate Body services to in the past.

From September 2024, designated Teaching School Hubs will be the main provider of all Appropriate Body services to schools. The Teaching School Hubs who are acting as Appropriate Bodies in the Hampshire area are:

• HISP Teaching School Hub
• South Farnham Education Trust

Early Career Framework – Hampshire Align continues to deliver to schools

Hampshire Align are delighted to continue to deliver the ECF (My Ambition programme) in schools as well as a bespoke CPD programme developed by HIAS.

Schools can use the Hampshire Align ECF programme whilst registered with any Appropriate Body – both services do not need to be delivered by the same organisation.

Find out more about the Hampshire training programme:

• ECT Hampshire Align

Resources

Find out more about induction, training and support for ECTs:

• DfE's ECT support hub

Questions

• Questions about struggling ECTs should be directed to your own Appropriate Body in the first instance. If the case escalates into formal procedures, please raise this in the usual way through the EPS contact model.
• Questions on specific ECTs and Appropriate Body processes should be directed to your own Appropriate Body, or one that you are considering contracting with.
• Questions on employment-related aspects of ECT Induction can be raised in the usual way through the EPS contact model.