At Primary Advantage we pride ourselves in offering our early career teachers the very best start in their teaching career. We have a long-standing track record of having delivered NQT training to schools across Hackney for many years, and are pleased to now be delivering the training element of the Early Career Teacher Entitlement (ECTE) to ECTs in Hackney, in partnership with Hackney Education and the East London Teaching School Hub (ELTSH).
Using materials designed by UCL Institute of Education, graded outstanding by Ofsted in all categories for their ECT programme, our most experienced school teachers and leaders deliver the CPD programme to ECTs. This programme is funded by the DFE and enrolment is via the ELTSH. To find out more or enrol your ECTs and mentors please visit www.eastlondontsh.org
“Excellent CPD – lots of learning and growth thank you!”
“Loved being part of different triads, and observing at different schools”
“Very useful CPD sessions that have taught me loads of skills to imbed into my teaching and learning environment”
teachers from our previous programmes
The 2-year ECT Full Induction Programme is a combination of:
CPD SESSIONS FOR ECTs
Year 1 ECTs, starting September 2025:
Our CPD sessions for ECTs in their first year of the programme will run once every half term on either Monday afternoons or Wednesday afternoons, led by experienced leaders from across the Primary Advantage Federation. All dates, along with registration information can be found on the ELTSH website here. Please inform ELTSH when registering if you wish your ECTs to join the Monday or the Wednesday cluster.
The Y1 ECT training sessions will take place at Holy Trinity CE Primary School Beechwood Road, London, E8 3DY.
SCHOOL VISITS / TRIADS for 1st year ECTs
These are an additional offer to first year ECTs training in the PA cluster, and the model may be adopted by other schools if they wish. ECTs, in groups, will visit other schools in our cluster and observe best practice, focusing on a theme from the previous taught session, and reflect on what they have observed. A timetable of visits will be produced for PA schools and others in our clusters who wish to participate at the start of the academic year. Schools will host several triads throughout the year, and in return their ECTs will have the opportunity to see practice in other schools. Dates will be provided to ECTs and their schools at the start of the programme.
ECT MENTOR TRAINING
School mentors are a key component of support for ECTs during the 2 year induction period and benefit from mentor training to support them in this role. In addition to the structured weekly meetings they will hold with their ECTs, mentors enrolled on the programme will have self-study materials per term provided by UCL and a termly local learning community led by experienced leaders and mentors at PA or Hackney Education. All mentor training dates can be found on the ELTSH website here.
Year 2 ECTs
CPD for ECTs in year 2 of the ECT programme in Hackney will be on Tuesday afternoons in 2025-26, and be delivered by Hackney Education. Dates and further information can be found on the ELTSH website here.
To find out more about this fully funded programme and to enrol your ECTs and school mentors please visit www.eastlondontsh.org
To contact us at Primary Advantage about any of our training or school support please get in touch with our Learning, Development and Partnerships team at palearning@primaryadvantage.hackney.sch.uk or 020 7254 1010 (option 5)
This programme is fully funded by the DFE - please see www.eastlondontsh.org for more details and to book via their site. ECTs employed in PA schools will all be enrolled on this programme by their schools.
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Alternatively, email us at palearning@primaryadvantage.hackney.sch.uk or call us on 0207 254 1010 (extension 5).
