Partnership Mentor Development 

Welcome to the Partnership Mentor Development Hub. 

Core Content Framework

What is the Core Content Framework?

The ITT Core Content Framework (CCF) (DfE 2019) sets out a minimum entitlement for trainee teachers and places a duty on providers of initial teacher training – and their partner schools – to meet this entitlement. The CCF has been designed to support development across 5 core areas –behaviour management (TS1 & TS7), pedagogy (TS2, TS4, TS5), curriculum (TS3), assessment (TS6) and professional behaviours (TS8 as well as Pt2). Within each area, key evidence statements – Learn that… have been drawn from current high quality evidence from the UK and overseas. All new entrants to the profession  can see the evidence of what makes great teaching. There is a full biography at the end with suggested reading. These are then accompanied by practice statements – Learn how to… these are categorised into two groups; the entitlement to practise key skills as well as an opportunity to work with and learn from expert colleagues as they apply their knowledge and understanding of the evidence in the classroom. There is a key emphasis in the knowledge that the quality of teaching is the most important factor in improving outcomes for pupils – particularly pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds and those with additional needs. To accompany and secure high quality teaching there is an emphasis on ensuring that trainee teachers have access to training and support for behaviour management. There is a strong emphasis on the need for training to be subject and phase specific throughout the framework. For those teaching early reading and early mathematics, they are required to have a clear understanding of systematic synthetic phonics and appropriate maths teaching strategies.

The Core Content Framework can be accessed here

A Guide to the Core Content Framework for Liverpool Hope Mentors

A short video guide for Hope Mentors to the Core Content Framework can be found  here

ITT Core Content Framework (CCF) Exemplification Resources 

This document has been produced ‘by the sector’ and ‘for the sector.’ It provides a selection of exemplification resources related to the CCF. It is designed as an introductory document for providers to use with their trainees and the experts who mentor and support them. It provides links to readily available resources which support each of the ‘learn how to’ emboldened statements in the ITT Core Content Framework (CCF). Each emboldened statement is set out under the relevant section of the Teachers’ Standards, following the CCF layout. Some of the resources are applicable to more than one of the Teachers’ Standards.