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 providers to deliver early career framework entitlement (ECTE) from 1 September 2025
Applies to England
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From 1 September 2025 the term 바카라 사이트楨arly career training programme for mentors (ECTPM) replaces the term 바카라 사이트楤ackfill payments for time off timetable for early career framework (ECF) mentor training (national roll-out)바카라 사이트�.
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聽DfE聽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聽ECF聽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) | 拢285.64 | 拢571.29 | 拢856.93 |
| Inner London area | 拢349.60 | 拢699.20 | 拢1,048.80 |
| Outer London area | 拢314.81 | 拢629.61 | 拢944.42 |
| Fringe area | 拢294.18 | 拢588.35 | 拢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:聽continuing-professional-development@digital.education.gov.uk
Updates to this page
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For clarity we have revised the page name from Backfill payments for time off timetable for early career framework (ECF) mentor training (national roll-out) to Grant funding for early career training programme for mentors (ECTPM) and updated the guidance to include information about grant funding for mentor training from September 2025. We have also updated the conditions of grant for academic year 2025 to 2026.
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We have added the spreadsheets showing 2023 to 2024 grant funding on the backfill payments for time off timetable for ECF mentor training grant allocations as well as the updated allocations for 2022 to 2023.
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We have updated the dates for when payments will be made to local authorities and academies.
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We have published an additional 'Backfill payments for time off timetable for early career framework (ECF) mentor training (national roll out) conditions of grant for academic year 2023 to 2024'. For transparency purposes, we have retained the original published conditions of grant on this page too, for reference. This document has been renamed 'Backfill payments for time off timetable for early career framework (ECF) mentor training (national roll out) conditions of grant for academic years 2021 to 2022 and 2022 to 2023'.
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We have published revised academic year 2021 to 2022 and academic year 2022 to 2023 grant funding allocation spreadsheets for the backfill payments for time off timetable for ECF mentor training grant, which details allocations updated in December 2023. We have updated wording in the 'Allocations' and 'Payments' sections on this landing page to reflect these allocation updates.
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We have updated the 'Payments' section on the landing page to advise the sweep up payment will now be made early 2024.
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We have re-added the 'Backfill payments for time off timetable for early career framework (ECF) mentor training grant allocations - July 2022' spreadsheet so users can view both July 2022 and July 2023 spreadsheets.
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Backfill payments for time off timetable for early career framework (ECF) mentor training (national roll-out) conditions of grant - we have updated the 'Funding' section to advise users of the payment process for mentors supporting early career teachers. We have published the 'Backfill payments for time off timetable grant for early career framework mentor training grant allocations - July 2023' spreadsheet with allocation information provided at school level.
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Backfill payments for time off timetable for early career framework (ECF) mentor training (national roll-out) guidance - we have updated this guidance for 2023.
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