May ECF Blog

MAY BLOG

Hello Everyone,

I am writing this on a crisp sunny day so I hope you are too! We are delighted that Lindsey Martin has re-joined the One Cumbria Team in her Assistant Director role and I am sure you will be receiving emails and news from her shortly.

It has been a busy half term at One Cumbria and the next few months seem busy too, so please digest the information in this blog/newsletter and if you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

Best wishes,

Tina

News and information in this blog:

Case Study – Embracing the ECF and NPQs to drive School Improvement and Teacher Development – Ullswater Community College
NPQ Update
One Cumbria Appropriate Body
ECT registration for September 2024 start
Early Career Framework – Dates for Summer term 2, including Year 2 ECF Induction in July!
One Cumbria Contacts

CASE STUDY – EMBRACING THE ECF AND NPQS TO DRIVE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND TEACHER DEVELOPMENT – ULLSWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE

We are delighted that the Teaching School Hub Council has published a case study about the wonderful work that happens at Ullswater Community College. You can read it here:

https://onecumbria.education/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/One-Cumbria-Case-Study-Embracing-the-ECF-and-NPQs-to-drive-school-improvement-and-teacher-development.pdf

NPQ UPDATE

The DfE has announced the NPQ funding for the next cohort. They have confirmed that there will be scholarship funding for the October 2024 cohort, targeting those teachers and leaders who work in the most challenging schools or educational settings, serving more disadvantaged communities.

Scholarship funding to cover the full NPQ course cost will be available to teachers and leaders from:

the 50% of schools with the highest proportion of students who attract pupil premium funding
16 to 19 educational settings identified as having high disadvantage
For the early years leadership NPQ, highly disadvantaged early years settings will also be eligible.

Scholarships will continue to be available to all teachers and leaders from publicly funded schools and 16 to 19 educational organisations for the following NPQs:

NPQLPM
NPQ for SENCOs
NPQH
EHCO

There will be a capped number of 10,800 scholarship places. For context, previous October cohorts have been around 20,000, so this is about half the size of current cohorts. Funding for the April 2025 cohorts and beyond has not been confirmed.

What does this mean for us and what are our next steps?

We are working with our Lead provider Teach First on the offer we can proceed with. Until we have a definitive list of schools that are eligible for scholarship funding, the cost of each NPQ if scholarship funding is not available and the numbers that w are allowed to recruit we cannot open for applications. However, if you are interested in applying for a NPQ to begin in the Autumn term, please express your interest on this form so we can email you directly:

https://forms.gle/7gNLLeixuANqaccr9

ONE CUMBRIA APPROPRIATE BODY UPDATE

Please ensure all assessment reports and progress reviews ae completed by 1^st July 2024.

If this is a formal assessment period then the Headteacher will also need to log in to Mosaic and complete the Headteacher comment.

If your ECT is completing induction in the Summer term and we receive their report by 1^st July, they will receive their completion letter at school before the end of term.

If you cannot access Mosaic, please contact the AB Lead, Jacqui Wilson WILSONJ@onecumbria.education

ECT REGISTRATION FOR SEPTEMBER 2024 START

Have you or are you employing an ECT for a September 2024 start?

The DFE service does not open for registrations until 24th June 2024. However, you can register with One Cumbria Appropriate Body for both AB service and ECF before this date and we will remind you by email to register with the DFE when their service opens.

If you are a school new to One Cumbria then please email Tina Beddoe and she will guide you through next steps: BEDDOET@onecumbria.education

If you already use Mosaic, please register your ECT using the “Add new ECT” button and complete all the pages.

We look forward to working with new ECTs and their mentors, so please sign us as soon as you can!

EARLY CAREER FRAMEWORK – DATES FOR SUMMER TERM 2

Module 6 Seminars for those who started the ECF in September 2023 are as follows:

Year 1 ECTs (SEPTEMBER 2023 starters):

Date	Venue
17th June 4pm – 5pm	Virtual 1 of 2
24^th June 1pm – 4pm	Carlisle (Fusehill Campus)
25^th June 1pm – 4pm	Kendal venue – TBC
25^th June 1pm – 4pm	St Gregory and St Patrick’s Infant School, Whitehaven
27^th June 1pm – 4pm	Victoria Academy, Barrow
1^st July 4pm – 5pm	Virtual 2 of 2

Year 1 mentors (SEPTEMBER 2023 STARTERS)

Date	Venue
24^th June, 4pm – 5pm	Virtual
24^th June 4.30pm – 5.30pm	Carlisle (Fusehill Campus)
25^th June, 4.30pm – 5.30pm	Kemdal Venue – TBC
25^th June, 4.30pm – 5.30pm	St Gregory and St Patrick’s Infant School, Whitehaven
27^th June, 4.30pm – 5.30pm	Victoria Academy, Barrow

Please ensure you have competed the booking form to book your place on one of the sessions. BOOKING FORMS CLOSE AT 10am on 10^th June 2024:

ECTS: https://forms.gle/mizM7v95CippiNez7

Mentors: https://forms.gle/AZ45yPQ981mmWkgL6

ECF YEAR 2 INDUCTIONS

If you are staying in post as a teacher and mentor and will be with One Cumbria for Year 2 of the Early Career Framework in September 2024, then please attend the Induction to Year 2 sessions in July:

In person sessions:

9am-12pm – Mentors

1pm – 4pm – ECTs

Venue: Rheged

Dates: 3^rd July 2024, 5^th July 2024, 8^th July 2024

Virtual session

9am – 12pm – mentors

1pm – 4pm – ECTS

9^th July 2024

Please book your place here:

https://forms.gle/PBCLLhEN6586fbRh8

Module 3 Seminars for those who started the ECF in January 2024 are as follows: