Policy paper

Early career framework

A framework of standards to help early career teachers succeed at the start of their careers.

From:
Department for Education
Published
28 January 2019
Last updated
30 January 2024 — See all updates
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Applies to England

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Early career framework

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The early career framework (ECF) sets out what early career teachers are entitled to learn about and learn how to do when they start their careers. It underpins a new entitlement for 2 years of professional development designed to help early career teachers develop their practice, knowledge and working habits.

The Department for Education published interim research which evaluated the national rollout of the ECF induction programme in May 2022.

From September 2025, the initial teacher training and early career framework will replace this framework.

Updates to this page

Published 28 January 2019
Last updated 30 January 2024 + show all updates

  1. Added a link to the initial teacher training and early career framework. This will replace the early career framework from September 2025.

  2. Added a link to interim research on the ECF induction programme.

  3. Document updated to update 1 reference to the latest edition of text: 'Alexander R.J. (2020) A Dialogic Teaching Companion, London: Routledge'.

  4. First published.

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