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).

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

Summer 2008

August 2008

Autumn 2008

January 2009
Spring 2009
April 2009

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

Other information and documentation

If you have any queries in relation to the rules, regulations, content or management of the Induction programme specific to an individual teacher you should contact, in the first instance, the Induction Coordinator at the LEA, which is the Appropriate Body for Induction.

Alternatively, if you have any general queries in relation to the Induction & EPD programmes you should contact the Welsh Assembly Government’s Induction & EPD Team (Practitioner Division).

Learning Improvement & Professional Development Division
Welsh Assembly Government
Cathays Park
CF10 3NQ

Tel: 029 2082 3205 or 029 2080 1389
Fax: 029 20826109
e-mail: inductioninfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Contacts

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