Register for Early Career Framework

Early Career Teacher Entitlement (ECTE) Register for Early Career Framework

In order to access the Ambition or Education Development Trust ECF programmes and the Five Counties Appropriate Body service, there are three steps schools need to undertake to register their Early Career Teachers, Induction Leads and Mentors.

Before you start, make sure you have your school’s Unique Reference Number (URN), as well as the names, Teacher Reference Numbers (TRNs) and personal details such as date of birth and the email addresses of any Early Career Teachers you are registering, along with their Mentor’s details and any Induction Leads that you are registering.

Register ECTs and mentors on the DfE portal

If your ECT is starting their ECT induction in the school year 2025-2026, (including those who commence their induction from September 2025) they should be registered on the DfE portal in the 2025 cohort.

If they are starting at your school this year, but started their induction somewhere else previously, i.e. in a different starting year (2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024 or 2024-2025 school years), they should be registered on the DfE portal as either a 2021, 2022. 2023, or 2024 starter and not as a 2025 starter.

Register with DFE Portal

Complete the Five Counties Form to link with the lead provider

Complete a short form for us. We will then liaise with your chosen lead provider (Ambition Institute or Education Development Trust) who will send an email to your ECTs, Mentors and Induction Leads to onboard and commence their programmes online.
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Appropriate Body Registration

Registering your ECT with an appropriate body is a legal requirement and is separate to the ECT CPD programmes offered through Ambition or EDT. There is a charge for this service, whereas the support through the Early Career Framework is free of charge.

Please register your ECTs and mentors with the online system ECT Manager, choosing either Bristol, North Somerset and Somerset, or South Glos and BANEs, depending on where your school is. New ECTs will need QTS before registering. If you are using ECT manager for the first time and your school is not yet listed, just let us know by email and we can add your school to the system: AB@fivecountiesalliance.co.uk

Please note, from September 2023, you have not been able to register ECTs with national or LA appropriate body services, such as the NTA, Bristol LA or South Glos (Integra): new registrations must now come through a teaching school hub, like the Five Counties Teaching School Hubs Alliance.

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