Welcome

Hello! And welcome to this edition of our newsletter, where you find us excited to finally see some sunshine.

Read on for news about NPQ funding (finally!!), a reminder of how to register September starters on the ECT programme, and some amazing free resources. You can also read Susi's article from Impact on equity in teacher education – now no longer embargoed by the Chartered College of Teaching.

We hope you have a chance to relax and recharge over half term!

Upcoming deadline: 30 June

Support young learners’ language development in Reception: OxEd, in partnership with Assessment and funded by the EEF, is inviting primary schools to take part in the OxEd Whole Class and NELI effectiveness trial.

The programme is a 20-week oral language enrichment delivered through three weekly whole-class sessions, with the option to include NELI, a targeted intervention for children with the weakest language skills.

Key details:

✅ Free to participate

✅ Three-arm school-level randomisation: Whole Class only, Whole Class + NELI, Control

✅ Incentives per class: £400–£500 depending on group; control group also receives £500 plus £300 per class.

Find out more.

And finally...

There's still time to sign up for Norfolk Research School's FREE webinar: Don’t just give revision resources – teach students how to use them. Join Dr Niki Kaiser on 4 June at 4pm to think about embedding a whole-school culture of effective study skills.

Find out more and book your free place.

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Spotlight on... NPQs

We have news!! 

Earlier this week, the DfE announced the funding available for the autumn 2026 cohort of NPQs.

All four leadership qualifications will be fully funded:

• NPQH
• NPQSL
• NPQEYL
• NPQ SENCO

You can read our in-depth feature on these courses here.

The specialist NPQs will be funded for schools in areas with higher levels of disadvantage:

• NPQLBC
• NPQLL
• NPQLPM
• NPQLT
• NPQLTD

You can find the funding eligibility list here.

Applications open via Ambition Institute on 8 June. Applicants also need to register with DfE to confirm funding eligibility, and can do so here from 23 June.

Find out everything you need to know about NPQs here.

Reminder... Registering September starters

The Manage Training for Early Career Teachers online service has been retired, replaced by Register Early Career Teachers (RECT). Here's what you need to know:

• Access to RECT is via DfE sign-in. Multiple people from a school will be able to use RECT where previously only induction tutors were able to register participants. You may need to be granted access to RECT by an authorising person in your organisation.

You can find a series of short videos demonstrating how to use RECT here.

If you have any questions about this new service, please get in touch.

Registration for September 2026 starters opens on 15 June.

Focus on... Free stuff!

Free, DfE funded video resources with no cost to your school

All state schools in England are covered by the ERA Licence, funded by the DfE, which gives them the right to use a wide range of video and audio resources for teaching and learning from UK broadcasters such as the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and more.

This means that every state school is entitled to free access to the ERA Streaming Platform, a curated collection of high-quality television and radio content that is:

• Organised by subject
• Aligned to the curriculum
• Cleared for classroom use.

ERA helps teachers use video with confidence, removing common frustrations such as:

• Unreliable or disappearing links
• Adverts, pop-ups or low-quality content
• Concerns around copyright compliance.

Instead, it provides ready-to-use video and audio that is searchable by subject and key stage, and suitable for lessons, assemblies, cover work, revision, enrichment and more.

Just Like Us: one month until School Diversity Week!

There's only one month to go until School Diversity Week – do you have everything you need? Remember all resources are available to download digitally from our resource library in the "School Diversity Week" folder.

Don't forget at the end of School Diversity Week on Friday 26th June, schools and colleges across the UK will be dressing in all the colours of the rainbow for Rainbow Friday! Is your school joining? Find out all the information you need in the School Diversity Week Guide. Free registration required.