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Early career teacher (ECT) induction: deciding your approach

There are 2 approaches to delivering early career teacher (ECT) induction. Read this advice to help you pick the best option for your school, including important factors to consider.

Last reviewed on 11 May 2026See updates
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Contents
  1. What are your options?
  2. Choosing your approach
  3. Ensuring compliance

What are your options?

Settings that are required, or choose, to offer statutory induction to new teachers are expected to offer a 2-year induction based on the initial teacher training and early career framework (ITTECF).

Headteachers must put an appropriate ITTECF-based induction programme in place, and make sure that mentors and tutors who support ECTs can carry out their role effectively.

This is outlined in paragraph 5.3 (pages 42 and 43) of the guidance on induction for ECTs.

Read our article about choosing and supporting ECT induction mentors.

There are 2 different approaches to delivering an ITTECF-based induction 

It’s up to you to decide which one best suits the needs of your ECTs and mentors. The options are:

This is explained