ITTECF Framework

The ITTECF Framework was updated for September 2025 and it defines the minimum entitlement for all trainees/ECTs and places a duty on ITT providers and partner schools to work to embed this in training programmes. The training programme offered by the university and the wider partnership ensures trainees receive their core entitlement, whilst providing an ambitious and coherent curriculum that far exceeds the framework.

The 'Learn how to...' statements in the framework now form the basis of the mentoring activities, broken down week by week, in the mentoring record. This is a key document that will be kept as a Google Doc and shared with the subject mentor, trainee, and course leader. It must be updated weekly during, or shortly after, mentor meetings by the trainee and its completion will be monitored.

For each week a range of activities are specified. It is expected that most activities will take place in the weeks specified, although there is flexibility with some elements depending on your school’s calendar. All of these mentoring activities must be completed by the end of the course. 

To help expert colleagues understand and unpick the framework's themes, we have produced a useful summary document, cross-referenced to key theorists and sources, which you can access from the link below:

The ITTECF Framework - summary and key research document