Guidance GRANT FUNDING FOR EARLY CAREER TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR MENTORS (ECTPM) Guidance for schools and local authorities on funding for schools using one of the DfE funded lead training

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DETAILS From 1 September 2025 the term ‘Early career training programme for mentors (ECTPM) replaces the term ‘Backfill payments for time off timetable for early career framework (ECF)

mentor training (national roll-out)’. This guidance is for: * local authorities * school leaders * school teachers * governing bodies and their representatives GRANT FUNDING FOR MENTOR

TRAINING - SEPTEMBER 2025 ONWARDS ECTPM grant funding for mentor training is available to settings who use one of the DfE funded training providers to deliver training to early career

teachers (ECTs) for early career teacher entitlement (ECTE). Mentors will be given up to 20 hours to undertake mentor training for 1 year. Settings will be funded to support the mentor to

undertake the training. This will be through 1 payment in arrears at the end of each academic year. Payments will be based on evidence as confirmed by the training provider. GRANT FUNDING

FOR THOSE MENTORS WHO START THEIR TRAINING PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 2025 Eligible schools using one of the DfE funded training providers to deliver ECF mentor training will receive backfill

payments to cover 36 hours of mentor time off timetable for training per mentor, over a 2 year period. Year 1 and year 2 refer respectively to the first year and second year of ECF training

for a mentor. Funding will be paid as 1 payment up to the maximum of 18 hours for each academic year. The table below provides an illustration of pro rata payments for mentors training in

academic year 2023 to 2024, academic year 2024 to 2025 and for second year participants of academic year 2025 to 2026. PRO-RATA RATE PER PAYMENT YEAR 1 TERM 2 TERMS 3 TERMS England

(excluding the London area) £285.64 £571.29 £856.93 Inner London area £349.60 £699.20 £1,048.80 Outer London area £314.81 £629.61 £944.42 Fringe area £294.18 £588.35 £882.53 PAYMENT SCHEDULE

AND CONDITIONS OF GRANT Settings do not need to make an application for this funding. Payments will be made in arrears as one amount after the end of each academic year to eligible settings

who use a training provider to deliver the mentor training as set out in the conditions of grant. Payments will be based on evidence as confirmed by the training provider. Mentors can

continue to complete their training even if their ECT transfers school or withdraws part way through their training, mentors can only do this training programme once. MENTOR TRAINING FUNDING

FOR SEPTEMBER 2025 ONWARDS The conditions of grant for mentors who begin training on or after September 2025 will be made available before the 2025 to 2026 academic year starts. MENTORS WHO

STARTED THEIR TRAINING BEFORE SEPTEMBER 2025 For mentors who began training prior to September 2025 the conditions of grant for academic year 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026

are applicable. All payments are made in arrears and as 1 payment after the end of each academic year. The table below shows the schedule for backfill payments for time off timetable for ECF

mentor training. MENTOR BEGINS TRAINING ACADEMIC YEAR YEAR 1 TRAINING IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF GRANT FUNDING PAID YEAR 2 TRAINING IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF GRANT FUNDING PAID 2021 to 2022 2021

to 2022 summer 2022 2022 to 2023 summer 2023 2022 to 2023 2022 to 2023 summer 2023 2023 to 2024 autumn 2024 2023 to 2024 2023 to 2024 autumn 2024 2024 to 2025 autumn 2025 2024 to 2025 2024

to 2025 autumn 2025 2025 to 2026 autumn 2026 The table below shows the schedule for ECTPM. MENTOR BEGINS TRAINING ACADEMIC YEAR 1 YEAR TRAINING PROGRAMME IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF GRANT

FUNDING PAID 2025 to 2026 2025 to 2026 autumn 2026 Payments will be made to local authorities for maintained schools and directly to academies and other eligible institutions in accordance

with the schedule below. Local authorities will receive a payment remittance which will include a school allocation list for the maintained schools relevant to them. Grant funding

allocations will be published each year prior to payments being made. Any corrective payments will be made in accordance with the payment schedule as well. The table below provides

information on payment schedule. ACADEMIC YEAR LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR MAINTAINED SCHOOLS ACADEMIES AND OTHER ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS 2021 to 2022 End of July 2023 Start of August 2023 2022 to

2023 End of July 2023 Start of August 2023 2023 to 2024 End of November 2024 Start of December 2024 2024 to 2025 End of November 2025 Start of December 2025 2025 to 2026 End of November 2026

Start of December 2026 GRANT FUNDING ALLOCATIONS At the top of this page, you can view * the grant allocations spreadsheet for academic year 2023 to 2024. Please note the Instructions tab

provides information on how pro rata allocations are paid. * the grant allocations spreadsheet for academic year 2022 to 2023 which includes all corrective allocations. * the grant

allocations spreadsheet for academic year 2021 to 2022 which includes all corrective allocations. For any further enquiries you can contact: 

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