How to register

Please download the Registration Checklist below. 

 

Step 1 - Submit your training information. 

1. Following an invite email from the DfE you will be asked to record your ECTs and Mentors for the AY 2025/26. First, log into the DfE Manage Training Portal. 

2. When asked 'How do you want to run your training in 2025 - 2026?', select 'Provider-led’ and confirm. 

3. When asked, 'Have you appointed an Appropriate Body?’ If you have chosen an Appropriate Body service provider, please answer 'Yes'. 

4. When asked 'Which teaching school hub have you appointed?' please type 'Redhill Teaching School Hub (The Carlton Juniors Academy)' and continue. 

Watch process here (DfE video) 

 

Step 2 - Add an ECT to the 2025-2026 academic year for induction training.  

1. Within the DfE Manage Training portal, click on the heading 'Early Career Teachers'. 

2. Click the green 'Add ECT' button, select the relevant option, and fill in the required information. 

3. Select your ECT’s mentor from a list of registered mentors or select 'Add or assign Mentor later'. 

4. The ECT will be notified by email (on the email address provided) that you have registered them. 

Watch process here (DfE video)   

To Transfer an ECT from another school to your school: Follow the steps above.Once you have input the transferring ECTs DOB, you will be asked to confirm that the ECT is moving from another school, the date they are moving to your school, and whether the ECT will be continuing with the same Training Provider (if previous provider was Redhill TSH then the answer is yes), or if not you will need to add a new Training Provider. 

Watch process here (DfE video) 

 

Step 3 - Add a new Mentor to the 2025-2026 academic year for induction training. 

1. Within the DfE Manage Training Portal, click on the heading 'Mentors'. 

2. Click the green 'Add Mentors' button, select the relevant option and fill in the required information. 

3. The Mentor will be notified by email (on the email address provided) that you have registered them. 

Watch process here (DfE video) 

Note: Mentors will only have access to the EDT Online learning platform when linked with an active ECT. 

 

Step 4 - Link a mentor to an ECT 

1. Within the DfE Manage Training Portal, click on the heading 'Early Career Teachers' and select the ECT you would like to assign a Mentor to. 

2. This will bring up a list of your registered Mentors, select the relevant mentor and confirm. 

Watch process here (DfE video) 

 

STEP 5 - Register your school with Redhill Hub's Appropriate Body Service via ECT Manager. 

1. Log onto ECT Manager and select ‘Register ECT’ on your homepage. 

2. Complete the registration form.  

(There is a lot of information required, so try to complete the application in collaboration with your ECT, but you can save the application and come back to it at a later point). 

3. Digitally sign the registration form to complete the application. This will need to be done by the Induction Tutor and the Head. 

4. The cost of the AB Service is charged at £220 per ECT per year. Please pay via our website here. 

(If your school belongs to one of the Trusts listed below, you do not need to pay via our weblink, your Trust pays as a collective. Redhill Academy Trust, Minster Trust for Education, Diverse Academies Trust, The Forge Trust & Nova Education Trust. 

Note: If your school is not yet listed on ECT Manager, contact us via enquiries@redhillhub.org.uk, or 07831324490 and we will add your school. 

 

STEP 6 - Register with our lead provider, Education Development Trust (EDT).

1. Open and complete the EDT expression of interest form. 

(This form should only be completed if your school has not used Redhill Hub for the delivery of the Early Career Framework before.) 

Please note, if you are registering for a second year ECT, joining one of the 2024/2025 cohorts, there is a different form to use for registration. You can find this here.  

What happens next? 

EDT will be notified about the registration of your participants by the DfE. Mentors will receive login details from EDT from the 7th of July upon successful registration to allow them to complete their induction. ECTs will receive their login details from EDT upon successful registration, on or after 1st September. 

Please download the Registration Checklist below. 

 

Step 1 - Submit your training information. 

1. Following an invite email from the DfE you will be asked to record your ECTs and Mentors for the AY 2025/26. First, log into the DfE Manage Training Portal. 

2. When asked 'How do you want to run your training in 2025 - 2026?', select 'Provider-led’ and confirm. 

3. When asked, 'Have you appointed an Appropriate Body?’ If you have chosen an Appropriate Body service provider, please answer 'Yes'. 

4. When asked 'Which teaching school hub have you appointed?' please type 'Redhill Teaching School Hub (The Carlton Juniors Academy)' and continue. 

Watch process here (DfE video) 

 

Step 2 - Add an ECT to the 2025-2026 academic year for induction training.  

1. Within the DfE Manage Training portal, click on the heading 'Early Career Teachers'. 

2. Click the green 'Add ECT' button, select the relevant option, and fill in the required information. 

3. Select your ECT’s mentor from a list of registered mentors or select 'Add or assign Mentor later'. 

4. The ECT will be notified by email (on the email address provided) that you have registered them. 

Watch process here (DfE video)   

To Transfer an ECT from another school to your school: Follow the steps above.Once you have input the transferring ECTs DOB, you will be asked to confirm that the ECT is moving from another school, the date they are moving to your school, and whether the ECT will be continuing with the same Training Provider (if previous provider was Redhill TSH then the answer is yes), or if not you will need to add a new Training Provider. 
 

Watch process here (DfE video) 

 

Step 3 - Add a new Mentor to the 2025-2026 academic year for induction training. 

1. Within the DfE Manage Training Portal, click on the heading 'Mentors'. 

2. Click the green 'Add Mentors' button, select the relevant option and fill in the required information. 

3. The Mentor will be notified by email (on the email address provided) that you have registered them. 

Watch process here (DfE video) 

Note: Mentors will only have access to the EDT Online learning platform when linked with an active ECT. 

 

Step 4 - Link a mentor to an ECT 

1. Within the DfE Manage Training Portal, click on the heading 'Early Career Teachers' and select the ECT you would like to assign a Mentor to. 

2. This will bring up a list of your registered Mentors, select the relevant mentor and confirm. 

Watch process here (DfE video) 

 

STEP 5 - Register your school with Redhill Hub's Appropriate Body Service via ECT Manager. 

1. Log onto ECT Manager and select ‘Register ECT’ on your homepage. 

2. Complete the registration form.  

(There is a lot of information required, so try to complete the application in collaboration with your ECT, but you can save the application and come back to it at a later point). 

3. Digitally sign the registration form to complete the application. This will need to be done by the Induction Tutor and the Head. 

4. The cost of the AB Service is charged at £220 per ECT per year. Please pay via our website here. 

(If your school belongs to one of the Trusts listed below, you do not need to pay via our weblink, your Trust pays as a collective. Redhill Academy Trust, Minster Trust for Education, Diverse Academies Trust, The Forge Trust & Nova Education Trust. 

Note: If your school is not yet listed on ECT Manager, contact us via enquiries@redhillhub.org.uk, or 07831324490 and we will add your school. 

 

What happens next? 

EDT will be notified about the registration of your participants by the DfE. Mentors will receive login details from EDT from the 7th of July upon successful registration to allow them to complete their induction. ECTs will receive their login details from EDT upon successful registration, on or after 1st September.