Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the document entitled, Early Career Framework published by his Department on 28 January 2018, whether the funding commitments to support will be included in the forthcoming Spending Review.

Teacher recruitment and retention is a high priority issue for the Government, and the Department is committed to taking further action. The Department will be funding the Early Career Framework (ECF) reforms in full. The Spending Review 2019 will set Departmental budgets and confirm the precise funding details for the ECF.

By the time the ECF reforms are fully in place the Department anticipates investing at least an additional £130 million every year to support delivery.

Funding for national roll-out will include funding and guaranteeing 5% off timetable in the second year of teaching for all early career teachers, with funding based on the number of early career teachers a school is supporting. It will also include the creation of high quality curricula and training materials paid for by the Department and available for free. The roll-out will further establish full ECF training programmes, with teachers’ access to programmes funded by the Department. It will also ensure funding the time for mentors to support early career teachers, and fully funded mentor training.

The £130 million funding reflects what individual schools are expected to need on a yearly basis to support delivery of the ECF in full.