Bradford Teaching School Hub is in the unique position of being able to deliver the Early Career Framework and Appropriate Body function in one coherent offer.
All qualified teachers who are employed in a relevant school in England must, by law, have completed an induction period satisfactorily, subject to specified exemptions.
Independent quality assurance of statutory induction, through the role of the appropriate body, is important both for ensuring that schools provide adequate support for their early career teachers (ECTs) and that their assessment is fair and consistent across all institutions.
Statutory induction is the bridge between initial teacher training and a career in teaching. It combines a structured programme of development, support and professional dialogue, underpinned by the Early Career Framework, with monitoring and an assessment of performance against the Teachers’ Standards. The programme should support the early career teacher and provide them with the necessary training to ensure that they can demonstrate that their performance against the Teachers’ Standards is satisfactory by the end of the period. Induction should provide a foundation for ECTs and equip them with the tools to be an effective and successful teacher.
Change is coming
Appropriate Body services are changing. School-led AB provision that considers approaches to reducing teacher workload for administering the induction is in development by Bradford Teaching Schools Hub during the summer term 2021.
This will provide a unique joint Appropriate Body and Early Career Framework offer for September 2021. Bradford Teaching School Hub will share more information about its coherent offer during the summer term 2021 so schools can undertake a due diligence process before committing to a service provider. Express an interest via the link below and we will contact you with further information in due course.
