Appropriate Body
Registrations for September 2025 are not yet open. Do not attempt to register ECTs for September yet.
We expect the process to open in mid June.
To register ECTs starting in April 2025, please go to our Legacy ECF Pages
All ECTs must be registered with an Appropriate Body for the statutory assessment and registration of ECTs.
Schools must register any ECT with both an Appropriate Body AND the DFE. Failure to register in both places can cause delays to induction.
The Arthur Terry Teaching School Hub, North Birmingham is working in partnership with The John Taylor Teaching School Hub to act as an Appropriate Body for the registration, monitoring of support and assessment of Early Career Teachers (ECTs) in their first and second year of induction.
Upon registration your ECTs will be assigned to one of the Teaching School Hubs. We understand that your Early Career Teachers may need to be registered with different Appropriate Bodies dependent upon their employing school and ITE training provider so by working in partnership, we hope to make the process as seamless as possible for schools registering multiple Early Career Teachers.
Standardised Forms and Resources
The registration forms and assessments will be the same for both Appropriate Bodies for familiarity and consistency.
Mentor Training
Aligned mentor training sessions will run from both venues giving mentors a choice of venues and dates.
ECT Manager
The online management system will be used by both Appropriate Bodies for ease of use.
ECT Welcome
Both Appropriate Bodies will offer an introductory session for ECTs to meet the named contact within their Appropriate Body. Sessions will outline the role of the Appropriate Body throughout induction as well as providing an opportunity for a wide network for collaboration with other Early Career Teachers.
The cost of our appropriate body service is dependent upon your choice of Early Career Framework Programme. This is to reflect the increased quality assurance and fidelity checks for schools who choose to follow the Core Induction Programme or the DIY programme.
| Early Career Framework Programme | Appropriate Body Cost per year per ECT |
| Full Induction Programme | £175 per ECT per year |
| Core Induction Programme | £175 per ECT per year + £350* for fidelity check |
| DIY Programme | £175 per ECT per year + £700* for fidelity check |
*if additional fidelity checking is required, extra charges may apply
For more information please contact:
The Arthur Terry Teaching School Hub: northbirminghamTSH@atlp.org.uk – The Arthur Terry Teaching School Hub, North Birmingham
Carly Kelly: c.kelly@jths.co.uk – John Taylor Teaching School Hub
In order to register your ECT on ECT Manager, you will need the following information.
Your ECTs full name
Their Teacher Reference Number
Their Date of Birth
Email address – preferable their school email address
ECT’s home address & telephone number
Start date at your school
Date QTS was awarded
Contract details – how many days per week your ECT works
Contract type (permanent/fixed term)
Qualification Details Training Institute, where your ECT completed their ITT training
PCGE Qualified Subject(s)
Qualified Age Ranges
Details of your ECF provision. It is likely this is: Full Induction Programme. Lead Provider: Education Development Trust.
Delivery Partner: Arthur Terry TSH, North Birmingham.
Full details of this process can be found in our walkthrough document.
Induction Tutor Guidance and FAQs:
Progress review – completed at the end of terms 1, 2, 4 & 5 by the induction tutor. A summary of progress against the teacher standards that term, including whether or not an ECT is on track.
Formal assessment – completed at the end of year 1 by the induction tutor. A detailed report about the ECT’s progress against the Teachers’ Standards.
Final Assessment – completed at the end of year 2 by the induction tutor. A detailed report about the ECT’s practice and readiness to complete Induction, against the Teachers’ Standards.
You can find a range of examples below.
Part time ECTs – Induction is calculated pro-rata. You can find the exact point that your ECTs are at in their induction on ECT manager. You can always contact our Appropriate Body for support too.
It is the responsibility of the Induction Tutor to complete all reports regarding an ECT.
Mentors’ evidence and reflections can contribute to the content of a report, and we encourage you to use their input. However, it is not appropriate for a Mentor to complete an ECT’s report.
You should base your report on evidence gathered from observations you have completed, and the contributions of the mentor.
The induction tutor is, in effect, a proxy of the headteacher when making decisions and judgments about the progress of an ECT through their induction period.
Progress reviews (terms 1, 2 4 and 5) only need to be signed by the ECT and Induction Tutor.
Formal assessments and final assessments (end of year 1 and year 2) must be signed by the ECT, Induction Tutor and Headteacher.
This link takes you to a video guide for the reports to be written at the end of terms 1, 2, 4 and 5.
This link takes you to a video guide for the formal reports at the end of year 1 and 2.
These links takes you to written examples for the reports to be written at the end of terms 1, 2, 4 and 5.
These links takes you to written examples for the reports to be written at the end of year 1 and year 2.
Primary
Secondary
Specialist Settings
ECTs must not experience discrimination or disparity as a result of pregnancy and/or maternity leave. There are specific provisions in place in the statutory guidance to protect ECTs from discrimination.
The most important of these is the choice upon their return to work.
An ECT who takes statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental, parental bereavement or carer’s leave can choose to:
- Continue their induction without extension (effectively skipping the content and coaching for the period of leave)
- Extend their induction and resume at the point that they left off.
Regardless of the ECT’s decision, they will be assessed against the Teachers’ Standards at the end of induction. ECTs should seek advice before making this decision.
ECTs can be absent for up to 29 days in each year of their induction, without penalty or extension. Once an ECT reaches 30 days in an academic year, they will automatically trigger an absence extension equal to the number of days absence accrued.
A ‘year’ of induction is equal to three terms for a full-time ECT. For example, ECTs who begin their induction in January will have their absence total counted until December of the same calendar year.
You can read our full gudiance on ECT absence by clicking the button below:
What do we do if we think an ECT might not be on track to meet the standards?
If informal monitoring, including lesson drop-ins, suggests that an ECT may not be on track, the school must put informal support in place to enable them to meet the teacher standards. This could include:
- Additional mentoring
- Instructional coaching to address areas of concern
- Support with planning/marking
- Submission of planning to provide additional guidance
- Team teaching so the experienced teacher can model effective strategies and provide support in the moment
- Observations of colleagues to learn good practice/strategies
- Drop ins by the mentor/Induction Tutor/SENCO etc. to provide guidance
- Additional observations to acknowledge progress and identify where further support is required
- Support from a Subject Lead/Phase Lead/SENCO
What happens if I mark an ECT as ‘not on track’ in a review?
If any of an ECT’s reports (progress review, formal review or final assessment) are marked as not on track on ECT manager, the Appropriate Body will contact the school directly.
Once this judgment has been made, the Appropriate Body will support the school to implement a formal support plan.
You can read our full guidance on supporting ECTs who are not on track by clicking the button below:
You can always contact our team for support. The menu below will help you find the right person to contact. If in doubt, ECF related enquiries should be directed to our ECT inbox: ect@atlp.org.uk
The Arthur Terry TSH website is updated on a regular basis. The dates, times and venues for our events are also available on the ECTE Events page.
For technical problems with the EDT portal please contact EDT directly: ecf@educationdevelopmenttrust.com.
Please quote the name of your school, your URN and the nature of your problem. You should receive a response within 48 hours.
Registrations for ECTs joining your school in September 2025 are open. Full details on the registration process for the 24-25 academic year can be found on our registration page.
Any changes to existing ECTs or mentor details can be made directly on the DfE portal.
Please contact Laura Smith at the Arthur Terry Teaching School Hub, North Birmingham ect@atlp.org.uk
Please contact our Appropriate Body lead, Caroline Finn: caroline.finn@atlp.org.uk
Please contact:
Angela Whitehouse ect@atlp.org.uk
Please contact:
Joe Gavin: jgavin@atlp.org.uk
To support Induction Tutors to be as effective as possible in their roles, we have created a guide to being an Induction Tutor, working through the different stages of the EEF’s Implementation Cycle.
Below, you can download our latest implementation guidance for Induction Tutors.
Usernames and passwords to the Education Development Trust Portal are now being sent out to ECTs and mentors on a rolling basis. This is triggered automatically when ECTs and mentors are registered on ECT manager and DFE.
These details will be sent from ecf@educationdevelopmenttrust.com. Please ask your ECTs and mentors to check their junk, spam and clutter folders before requesting these details be resent.
Please make sure you have entered a valid e-mail address into the DfE portal for your new ECTs. The e-mail address listed on the DfE website will be the one which is used to issue usernames and passwords and to correspond with ECTs. This will also be their user name for the EDT portal.
