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February 2024: Statutory Roles and Responsibilities in a Snapshot
Clarification on the Appointment of Induction Tutors and Mentors
The mentor and the induction tutor are two discrete roles with differing responsibilities and it is expected that these roles should be held by different individuals. In exceptional circumstances it may be necessary for the headteacher to designate a single teacher to fulfil both roles, which may be the headteacher/principal themselves. Where this is the case the headteacher should ensure that the induction tutor understands that they are fulfilling two discrete roles and that adequate safeguards are put in place to ensure that the mentoring support offered to the ECT is not conflated with assessment of the ECT against the Teachers’ Standards.
(Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/induction-for-early-career-teachers-england)
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