Ambition's Early Career Teachers programme is “outstanding” says Ofsted

We are delighted to receive the news that our delivery partner for ECF/ECT, Ambition, were awarded 'Outstanding' for their Early Career Teachers programme by Ofsted in May 2023.

They received outstanding grades across all areas of the inspection: overall effectiveness, quality of professional development and training, and leadership and management.

Highlights from the report included:

• The impact on early career teachers and their workload: Early career teachers are “exceptionally well supported by Ambition Institute”. They have “regular opportunities to revisit learning and deepen their understanding”, which enables them “to successfully build and apply their knowledge over time”. Their learning is “precise and impactful”, because of our “careful consideration of workload”.
• Collaboration with delivery partners: Our delivery partners “have a deep and consistent understanding of the curriculum”, that our quality assurance is “clear and transparent and a collaborative process”, and that “Ambition Institute’s values encourage high quality relationships at all levels”.
• Instructional coaching and support for mentors: Our mentor training programme is “extremely well thought of” by mentors, and resources are “of a very high quality”. The use of technology, including professional learning platform Steplab, supports mentors well. Instructional coaching is used “highly effectively”, so that mentors can tailor learning to each ECT’s stage of learning.
• High -quality programme design, materials, and trainers: Our programme is “meticulously planned with carefully considered design choices at all stages”. Quality assurance is “extremely strong” and “clear, transparent, and collaborative”. We recruit “high quality people” as trainers, and the quality of training is “exceptionally high”. We have “created a comprehensive range of exemplification materials”.
• Data and insights: We “gather an impressive range of qualitative and quantitative data” and use this to shape delivery and materials, utilising the “impressive range of information”.

We are thrilled that our ECTs are benefiting from their years of experience and ongoing commitment to CPD. 

Highlights from the report can be found here.