Appropriate Body for ECT Induction
Register ECT (NQT)
Register Early Career Teachers 2023/24
If you are registering an ECT who has already completed part of their NQT induction in a previous school, please refer to the NQT section below (NQTs registered prior to September 2021).
The following steps should be taken to register your Early Career Teachers for Induction and the Early Career Framework:
1. Register your Early Career Teachers for Induction with the OTSA Appropriate Body.
Option a
- Complete and return the Service Level Agreement
(SLA) by email to ect@otsa.org.uk
- Complete and return an ECT registration form
for each ECT by email to ect@otsa.org.uk
Option b
- Complete and return the SLA
by email to ect@otsa.org.uk
- Register each ECT on ECT Manager
2. Log into the DfE Online Service (Manage training for early career teachers).
- If you have not used the service before you will need to request a link from the DfE
to sign in.
- Once registered and logged in nominate, or change, one Lead Induction Tutor.
- Select which version of the Early Career Framework you will be providing to your ECTs and Mentors. Currently all schools working with us are using ‘Option 1 – Use a DfE-funded training provider’
- Register your Early Career Teachers and their Mentors.
There is step by step guidance on the DfE website.
Registration Deadlines
Please note the deadlines for registration with the Appropriate Body for statutory induction below:
Friday, 14 September 2023 (for a 2023 autumn term start)
Friday, 20 January 2024 (for a 2024 spring term start)
Friday, 26 April 2024 (for a 2024 summer term start)
In the case of ECTs who begin mid-term please contact OTSA as soon as you know their first date of employment in your school/college.
We will backdate the beginning of the induction period a maximum of 10 working days before the date of formal registration with OTSA.
Register NQTs (started induction prior to September 2021)
The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) Regulations 2012, as amended with effect from 1 September 2021, extended induction from one year to two years. This applied to all ECTs who started their induction on or after 1 September 2021.
ECTs who, on 1 September 2021, had started but not completed their induction, (referred to as ‘the pre-September 2021 cohort’) had until 1 September 2023 to complete induction within three terms.
After 1 September 2023, when the transition period ended, all ECTs are required to complete a two-year induction period. These ECTs should not restart induction, but rather complete what remains of a two-year induction. It is expected that they will be able to access ECF support and entitlements for the remainder of their induction.
From 2 September 2023, all ECTs in the pre-September 2021 cohort must be registered for the two-year induction using the registration forms on the OTSA website under the Register for Induction tab.
