Induction Funding

When a maintained school in Wales appoints a Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) for a period of employment which will count towards the NQT’s Induction period then the following steps must be taken by the school to ensure that appropriate funding is released to the school:

STEP 1	An NQT Induction Record must be submitted to GTCW by the school on the appointment of the NQT but at the latest within 10 working days of commencement of employment which will count towards Induction.
STEP 2	Once a teacher has completed a term of Induction an Induction Assessment Record must be submitted by the school to the Induction Coordinator at the LEA (the LEA is the Appropriate Body for Induction).

Schools should notify GTCW’s Induction and EPD Funding Team and the LEA of any changes to an NQT’s employment or contract as this could impact on the teacher’s Induction period.

If a teacher leaves employment before completing Induction a Transfer Form must be submitted within 15 working days of the teacher leaving the school.

LEAs have local arrangements in place with regard to the return date of the Induction Assessment Records; this is to allow the LEA time to undertake their role as the Induction Appropriate Body and subsequently to notify GTCW of individuals completing a term of by the required date.

On receipt of the notifications from the LEA GTCW will release funding to the school.

Please note the dates below, by which, GTCW has requested that LEAs submit the required information to GTCW. If the school does not submit the paperwork to the LEA in advance of these dates GTCW will be unable to release the Induction funding to the school.

TERM	DATE LEA MUST RETURN INDUCTION INFORMATION TO GTCW
Spring 2010	April 2010
Summer 2010	August 2010
Autumn 2010	January 2011

More information in relation to funding for Induction and the Induction programme in general is available by clicking here.

Paperwork required to ensure the release of Induction Funding

Checklist

Submit NQT Induction Record to GTCW at the start of term
Submit Induction Assessment Record to LEA on completion of a term of Induction by the NQT

Funding will then be released to the school by GTCW (termly and retrospectively), on receipt of notification from LEA that the NQT has completed a term of Induction

Contacts

For any matters concerning the Funding for Induction or EPD, please contact the Induction & EPD Funding Team using any of the following media:

Address - General Teaching Council for Wales, 4th Floor, Southgate House, Wood Street, Cardiff, CF10 1EW
Telephone - 029 20550350
Facsimile - 029 20550360
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