Spring 2026 Newsletter
Updated ECF Programme - ECTP 2025 - up and running.
LDE Recruiting: new Visiting Fellows for the ECT Programme
Maths Hub: Recruiting Secondary Specialists
Spring ECT Events: Booking open for ECT Clinics 3 and 6
Appropriate Body: Reports due in next few weeks.
Ambition NPQs: All Ambition programmes now underway!
Best Practice NPQs: All Best Practice programmes underway.
Ambition Teacher Training: Now recruiting for September 2026
London North East Maths Hub: Primary Spotlight Series.
New Wave English Hub: Get in touch!
East London Research School: EY Maths Champions
East London Brighter Start Stronger Practice Hub: Maths through Picture Books.
RISE London: Update and Open Schools Fortnight.
Early Career Teacher Programme
MENTOR CURRICULUM MAP
TERM 1
Mentor conference 1
This session covers essentials for mentors' and ECTs' success. It includes:
An overview of the ITTECF and Ambition Institute’s high-quality training
Research and best practices shaping the ECT programme, including the science of learning and instructional coaching benefits.
A detailed look at the instructional coaching model, its importance for mentoring, and its use in performance and task-based modelling Mentors will practise each stage and receive feedback.
TERM 2
Mentor conference 2
Building on mentor conference 1, this session helps mentors enhance their instructional coaching by adapting to ECTs’ growing expertise. It covers: Research on flexible knowledge and adaptive expertise.
Strategies for adapting the coaching model to support ECTs. Mentors will practise these strategies and receive feedback
TERM 3
Mentor Clinic
Building on mentor conference 2, this session helps mentors understand adaptive expertise and introduces a new strategy they can use. Mentors will practise and receive feedback on this strategy. There are three clinic options, each focusing on a different strategy Facilitators will choose the most appropriate strategy for the session.
Optional and additional support
Mentoring and coaching development area
An optional online self-study course for mentors focuses on instructional coaching and their interests Modules enhance knowledge, offer targeted practice, and cover the mentor's role in ITTECF.
Coaching for mentors
Delivery partners can offer additional support sessions for mentors to receive tailored practice and feedback on instructional coaching. Sessions focus on areas of need in mentoring practice, prioritising effective modelling and practice.
Important Notes:
Progress Reviews due by end of Spring Term.
Look out for the new Entitlement Check questions on Progress Reviews.
Any end of Year Assessments are due as well.
Look at the due dates for your ECTs.
April Registrations will open after Easter
Appropriate Body Team: - all email addresses and hotlines on our website.
Martin Redfern - Appropriate Body Lead + Barking and Dagenham
Sarah Bartley - Lead Appropriate Body Advisor: Newham, Hackney and Southend
Michelle Osborne - Senior Appropriate Body Advisor: Havering, Thurrock and Essex
Website and Handbook
Please do take a look at our website: https://londondistricteast.org/appropriate-body/ where there is a lot of useful information about our services.
ECTs can contact us!
It is also part of our role that ECTs can contact us directly, so please advise any ECTs who need us, that they can do that.
The DfE has confirmed that there will only be one cohort of NPQs from now on.
There will NOT be an April 2026 cohort of scholarship funded NPQs. The next will be Nov 26.
Ambition Institute NPQs
We have at least one cohort of every Ambition NPQ up and running. We had over 300 participants starting Ambition NPQs this year. We have small cohorts of NPQ Leading Primary Maths and Leading Literacy - which other Hubs struggled to fill. THANK YOU to all schools who have allowed their teachers and leaders to access this evidence-based professional development. We know that these programmes are having an impact in schools and on pupils from all the feedback we get from stakeholders.
Best Practice NPQs
Our first three Best Practice Network NPQs cohorts started in January.
We have cohorts of NPQH, NPQSL and NPQSEND running. Thank you to everyone who has shown interest in these programmes. We know lots of schools access BPN training locally, so it’s really good to have some groups running through the LDE. .
If you have any questions please email: martin.redfern@londondistricteast.org
Initial Teacher Training at LDE
About the Programme
The programme aims to improve maths attainment of children in an early years setting by training a Maths Champion and Deputy Maths Champion (MC and DMC) in key mathematical concepts and increasing staff confidence.
After completing a live induction and online training modules the MC will lead on completing a staff confidence and nursery environment audit and action plan to improve the mathematical learning environment and confidence of all staff
They will also lead on implementing 10 or more core activities with children that build on the key areas of maths learning MCs will then be able to revisit their audits and review the outcomes of the core activities.
Throughout the 12 months the MC and DMC will have access to ongoing one-to-one support from an Early Years Expert as well as regular webinars on arising topics.
Click here to find out more information!
London RISE Open Education Fortnight March 2026 is approaching.
Over one hundred schools are opening their doors between March 9th and March 18th 2026 to other education professionals to share strong effective practice in the four national education priority areas:
The London RISE Open Education Fortnight is a collaborative panLondon initiative dedicated to showcasing and sharing exemplary educational practices that are making a positive impact on children's learning and development across all age phases.
Colleagues across London are generously sharing their work, free of charge, by hosting visits for other professionals.
Colleagues in many local schools across East London, in Newham, Barking & Dagenham and Havering are taking part!
You can see the range of schools and their foci on the following pages.
Click here to explore Open Schools!
Meet the LDE Team!
Put a name to the face - meet the LDE TSH Team!
https://londondistricteast.org/about-us/our-team/
LDE Teaching School Hub is designated to Tollgate Primary School.
The LDE offices are at: Tollgate Primary School Barclay Road Plaistow London E13 8SA.
https://tollgate.boleyntrust.org/
If you would like to come and visit us - please let us know.
https://londondistricteast.org/
We are part of The Boleyn Trust family of schools.
https://boleyntrust.org/