Pathfinder Teaching School Hub are delighted to recognise the first ECF Invested Schools.
This award is given in recognition of strong engagement with the Early Career Teacher (ECT) programme in the academic year 2024-2025, measured by the amount of ECT coaching recorded on the Steplab platform.
Why we are celebrating this achievement
Providing regular coaching for ECTs is a fantastic way to invest in them and in your pupils’ outcomes. Research shows the improved pupil outcomes come from better teaching practice, in particular, research by Slater et al (2011) into pupil outcomes in England suggests that highly effective rather than average teaching is likely to raise pupils’ attainment by 10%.
Better teaching practice is developed through high-quality professional development. For example, new teachers who received comprehensive mentoring achieved pupil outcomes that were as good as effective more experienced teachers (Villar and Strong, 2007). High quality mentoring can also lead to higher retention in the profession through greater confidence and enjoyment levels of teachers throughout their first two years of teaching.
Schools who are identified for this award receive a certificate and a digital badge.
The first schools to be identified for 2024-2025 are:
- Applefields School
- Badger Hill Primary School
- Brayton Church of England Primary School
- Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy
- Danesgate Community
- Fishergate Primary School
- Fulford School
- George Pindar School
- Haxby Road Primary Academy
- Huntington School
- Joseph Rowntree School
- Knavesmire Primary School
- Lady Lumley’s School
- Lakeside Primary Academy, Oakdale Road
- Manor Church of England Academy
- Nawton Community Primary School
- Norton Community Primary School
- Scarborough University Technical College
- Sheriff Hutton Primary School
- The Woodlands Academy
- York High School
