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ITTECF (Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework)

The combined framework in England, from 2025, covering content for both initial teacher training and the first years of teaching.

Stands for
Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework
Used in
England
Topic
Teacher training

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Early Career Framework (ECF) England
The DfE framework setting out what early career teachers in England should learn about during their two-year induction; combined with the CCF into the ITTECF.
ITT Core Content Framework (CCF) England
The minimum content that all initial teacher training in England must cover, based on evidence about effective teaching.

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Early career teacher · Induction · Initial teacher training · NPQ for SENCOs · NQT · PGCE

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