Guidance

Induction for newly qualified teachers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Guidance about additional funding for those currently undertaking induction.

From:
Department for Education
Published
1 April 2020
Last updated
29 September 2022 — See all updates

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Funding was paid for the academic year 2021 to 2022 and will not continue beyond this date.

Revised allocations for the newly qualified teachers grant, 2021 to 2022 are available separately.

Applies to England

Documents

Additional funding for newly qualified teachers completing induction between summer 2021 and spring 2022

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Additional funding for newly qualified teachers completing induction between summer 2021 and spring 2022

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 1.38 MB

Details

This guidance is for:

  • headteachers
  • newly qualified teachers
  • school staff
  • local authorities
  • governing bodies
  • appropriate bodies

It applies to:

  • local-authority-maintained schools
  • academies and free schools
  • pupil referral units
  • sixth-form colleges
  • further education colleges

This guidance sets out the terms and conditions applied to the additional funding for newly qualified teachers completing induction between summer 2021 and spring 2022.

You can view the allocations for the grant funding in the spreadsheet. The payments will be made to schools directly or via local authorities in summer 2022. Payment allocations have been updated to include schools in the early roll-out areas of the North East, Greater Manchester, Bradford and Doncaster.

Information on the induction for early career teachers and COVID-19 absence exemption is also available.

For any further information, contact continuing-professional-development@digital.education.gov.uk.

Updates to this page

Published 1 April 2020
Last updated 29 September 2022 + show all updates

  1. Updated allocations spreadsheet "Additional funding for newly qualified teachers completing induction between summer 2021 and spring 2022" to reflect recent recalculations in grant funding for a small number of schools across various local authorities.

  2. Updated allocations spreadsheet to include schools in the early roll-out areas of the North East, Greater Manchester, Bradford and Doncaster.

  3. Added 'Additional funding for newly qualified teachers completing induction between summer 2021 and spring 2022' detailing allocations for local authorities.

  4. Updated with information on how sixth-form colleges and FE colleges can apply for the one-off payment and removed independent schools from the list of establishments to which the guidance applies.

  5. Updated with details of a one-off payment now available to all state-funded schools that have, or had, an NQT who completed their induction between the summer term of 2021 and the spring term of 2022.

  6. Moved the information on the COVID-19 absences exemption during statutory teacher induction to a new page: 'Early career teacher induction: coronavirus (COVID-19) absence exemption'.

  7. Added information about additional funding for those currently undertaking induction.

  8. Added a link to the updated guidance 'Induction for early career teachers (England)'.

  9. Update to extend the period to 1 September 2021 during which NQT absences related to coronavirus (COVID-19) will not contribute towards the absence limit that would extend statutory induction.

  10. Updated to reflect the new regulations. Absences related to the coronavirus outbreak will not trigger an automatic extension of the induction.

  11. First published.

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