Ministers should review the external training provided to early career teachers, deliver more subject or phase-specific coaching materials and ensure staff get time off timetable.
The reform recommendations come from a study published today which again exposes the extra workload heaped on new teachers by the flagship early career framework.
Around two-thirds of early career teachers (ECTs) felt the training added to their workload. Similar numbers also said the training did not cover anything they didn’t already know from their initial teacher training.
Four in five new teachers wanted to spend less time on it or opt out of aspects altogether, the study found.
