EPD Funding

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When a maintained school in Wales is employing a teacher who is undertaking the first or second year of EPD then the following steps must be taken by the school to ensure that appropriate funding is released to the school:

STEP 1 On commencement of the first or second year of EPD the appropriate EPD Planning Form must be submitted to GTCW by the school, at the latest, within 10 working days of the start of the EPD year.

On receipt of the Planning Form GTCW will check that the EPD activities recorded on the plan meet the eligibility criteria and notify the school of the outcome (see GTCW document Accessing Funding for Induction and Early Professional Development for the criteria).

Schools can contact GTCW at anytime during the teacher’s EPD year to make amendments/additions to the original EPD Planning Form submitted.

STEP 2

On completion of the first or second year of EPD the appropriate EPD Evaluation Form must be submitted to GTCW by the school by a date stipulated by GTCW but at the latest by the end of the teacher’s EPD year.

If a teacher leaves employment before completing a full EPD year a Transfer Form together with a First or Second Year Evaluation Form must be submitted at the end of the teacher’s employment at the school. 

Schools should contact GTCW’s Induction and EPD Funding Team if, during a teacher’s EPD year a teacher’s contracted hour change, a teacher takes maternity leave or a teacher is absent for a substantial period, as such circumstances could impact on the teacher’s EPD year completion date.

On receipt of the Evaluation Form GTCW will check that the actual EPD activities completed, as recorded on the evaluation, meet the eligibility criteria and notify the school of the outcome.

Once GTCW is satisfied that the EPD activities meet the eligibility criteria GTCW will release funding to the school, up to £1,000.

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

Paperwork required to ensure the release of EPD Funding

Checklist

  • Submit either the First or Second Year of EPD Planning Form to GTCW when the teacher starts the EPD year
  • Submit the First or Second Year of EPD Evaluation Formto GTCW on completion of a year of EPD

Funding will then be released to school by GTCW (annually and retrospectively), on receipt of the Evaluation Form and on checking the eligibility of the actual EPD activity completed as recorded on the Evaluation From

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
  • E-mail – This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it