Academic year 2022/23

ECF and NPQ starts

Early career teachers and mentors starting the provider-led ECF-based induction programme and teachers and leaders starting a DfE-funded NPQ in England.

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  • NPQs (2017 suite) 2022-23

    National, Regional

    The total number of funded NPQ starts, completions and the percentage of completed NPQ courses from the 2017 suite of NPQs between autumn 2017 and August 2022, broken down by course type.

    Number of rows
    6
    Indicators
    • Number of funded NPQ (2017 suite) completions
    • Number of funded NPQ (2017 suite) starts
    • Percentage of funded NPQ (2017 suite) completions
    Filters
    • NPQ (2017 suite) course type
    Time period
    2022/23
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  • ECF 2022-23

    National, Regional

    The number  of early career teachers participating in the provider-led and school-led ECF-based induction and the number of mentors participating in the provider-led ECF-based induction, broken down by region.

    Number of rows
    17
    Indicators
    • Total number of ECTs starting provider-led ECF-based induction
    • Total number of mentors trained for provider-led ECF-based induction
    Filters
    • Phase of education of the school
    Time period
    2022/23
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  • Reformed NPQs

    National, Regional

    The number of funded NPQ starts from the reformed suite of NPQs, broken down by course type, region and school phase.

    Number of rows
    77
    Indicators
    • Number of funded NPQ starts
    Filters
    • NPQ course type
    • Phase of education
    Time period
    2022/23
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Description

This document describes the data included in the 'ECF and NPQs starts' release’s underlying data files. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License (opens in new tab) and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data (opens in new tab).

The methodology document should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality as well as explaining methodology used in producing the data.

Coverage

This transparency release contains information on the number of early career teachers (ECTs) and mentors participating in the Early Career Framework (ECF) induction programme and the number of national professional qualifications (NPQs) from the reformed suite of NPQs that were started in the academic year 2022 to 2023 to date. It also includes information on the number of NPQs from the 2017 suite of NPQs that were started and completed between the academic years 2017 to 2018 and 2021 to 2022. This release covers:

  • ECTs and mentors who have started the provider-led ECF-based induction since September 2022, broken down by region and school phase;
  • the number of DfE funded reformed NPQs started since September 2022, broken down by course type, region and school phase;
  • the number of DfE funded NPQs (2017 suite) started and completed between 2017 and autumn 2022, broken down by course type.

This release is based on the Department for Education's (DfE) Teacher CPD Service dataset, which consists of management information submitted by lead providers and Get Information about Schools (GIAS) (opens in new tab). GIAS is the department's register of educational establishments in England and Wales. 

The underlying data files include national, regional, local authority, individual level and school level information for early career teachers and mentors participating in the ECF-based induction and other teachers and leaders who were taking an NPQ in England.

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If you have a specific enquiry about ECF and NPQ starts statistics and data:

CPD Analysis and Research Team

Email: CPD.STATISTICS@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Gary Smith

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