DfE Registration

This initial step must be completed in order for funding to be allocated for your ECT.

Please read the information sheet Registering the 2025-26 cohort on the DfE portal to help you with the process

You need to choose the "Use a training provider funded by the DfE" route and a lead provider "Education Development Trust" with "Five Counties Teaching school Hub Alliance" as our delivery partner. Our Appropriate body is "Five Counties Teaching School Hub - South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset (Mangotsfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School)"
You can then register your ECTs and Mentors using their Name, TRN, DoB and email address - Register your mentors first so that you can link their ECT when you register them.
If your ECT is starting their ECT induction in the school year 20254-2026, they should be registered on the DfE portal as a 2025 starter.
If your ECT is moving from another school having already started their ECT induction, they should be registered as a 2024 starter
You must ensure that all ECTs have a linked mentor. We suggest registering your mentors before you move on to registering your year ECTs

If this is the first time you have registered an ECT, you will need to first register your school.

Instructions on how to do this can be found here: Registering your school on the DfE portal

You will then need to Register your mentors on the DfE Portal

and finally you can complete the instructions for Registering ECTs on the DfE portal

If any school, ECT or Mentor details are incorrect, please consult the guidance on updating ECTs and Mentors on the DfE portal.

If this does not resolve the problem, you will need to contact the DfE directly by emailing:

continuing-professional-development@digital.education.gov.uk

Please include the name, TRN and D.o.B of any ECT you need help with.

Registering with the Appropriate body (5 Counties Alliance)

This is the registration for the induction process. This will normally be a 2 year process but part time teachers or teachers who start after September will have a longer induction period even if they have already completed the ECF.

MNSPs appropriate body is : 5 counties (south Gloucestershire and B&NES) Appropriate body:

This registers your ECTs on the two year induction process. Deadline for this is usually 3 weeks into Term 1

Help with this process can be found on the Appropriate body registration page

OR on the 5 Counties support page

OR by emailing AB@fivecountiesalliance.co.uk