29 June 2021
Dear Colleague,
As we quickly move towards the end of the academic year I'd like to take this opportunity to highlight some new initiatives, funding and programmes for schools. Some of these relate to statutory changes to provision, others may support school improvement priorities in your trust or school.
DfE funding to support your current NQTs in 2021-22. Schools can claim £1,200 to flexibility support these teachers following the Covid-related disruption to their ITT and NQT year. More information here.
Trust and School Improvement Fund. Schools judged RI are eligible for funded support. More information here.
Early Career Framework (ECF). An ECF-based induction is statutory for all early career teachers (ECT) commencing their teaching career in September 2021. Nick Gibb MP has written to all schools about this. Bradford Teaching School Hub is delivering the Early Career Teachers programme with Ambition Institute. Schools can register their ECTs for this here. Our Mentor conferences commence on the 8th July 2021 for those that have registered and completed the onboarding process.
Bradford Opportunity Area-funded support for coaching. We are delighted to offer funded coaching support for headteachers and/or senior leadership teams for 2021-22. Headteachers have told us about the challenges of dealing with Covid-19 and their desire to re-focus on school improvement. Our Culture and Coaching Offer helps them to do this. Please take a look at our webpage and express an interest in the funded offer.
Scholarships for National Professional Qualifications. We anticipate details of the DfE's scholarship funding and eligibility criteria imminently. The government have allocated £184m to the NPQs are part of their Covid-recovery plans. Colleagues can find out more about each NPQ, including the new specialist NPQs, here.
In the remainder of this newsletter, I've included links to other opportunities for your school or trust to benefit from support. I hope you find this useful.
My colleague, Emma Dobson, is liaising directly with colleagues registered for the Early Career Teachers programme. We look forward to supporting you to implement this programme.
Best wishes,
Paul Butler
Director of Bradford Teaching School Hub
