Management Information Sheet

Norfolk Appropriate Body (NAB) is delighted to continue to offer a service designed to attract Newly Qualified Teachers to the area, meet local need and give NQT’s the best experience and support on offer.

RECRUITMENT OF NQTS

Careful consideration should be taken before committing to recruiting an NQT. Please see link to Guidance for Recruiting NQTs.

• School’s judged as ‘requiring improvement’ should consider carefully their capacity to support an NQT

FINDING AN NQT – THE NQT REGISTER

We are happy to report that we continue to maintain the NQT register to ease recruitment. Graduates from across the Country are invited to join the register, which currently holds details of over 90 NQTs looking for a post in Norfolk. The register is accessible via the ‘esinet’ website: www.esinet.norfolk.gov.uk/personnel/RecStratPage07/schools/searchsubmit.asp

REGISTERING YOUR NQT

All maintained schools who have appointed an NQT have a statutory obligation to appoint an Appropriate Body to monitor and accredit NQT Induction in accordance with statutory guidance 2.21 and 2.24; 2.21 An NQT cannot start their induction until their appropriate body has been agreed. 2.24 Once an NQT has been appointed, the headteacher must notify the appropriate body in advance of the NQT taking up post. Failure to do so may delay the start of the induction period.

Before you register your NQT:

Please check the following;

• The NQT has QTS and is eligible to start induction
• The NQT’s post is a suitable post in accordance with statutory guidance 2.17. This is particularly important for NQTs serving their induction in non-standard settings. Guidance for non-standard settings (e.g. Special Schools, PRU etc.) is downloadable from Resources section NQT Manager.
• Complete self evaluation (downloadable from Resources section of NQT Manager) when recruiting an NQT or annually, which ever is most recent.

Training

Details of training for NQTs and mentors can be booked via NQT Manager.

Continued Professional Development Opportunities

CPD opportunities for all teachers can be found on our new site www.s4s.norfolk.gov.uk.