Stop juggling scattered documents and missed deadlines. ECT Journey helps early career teachers, mentors, and induction tutors manage the entire induction process with confidence.
You're not alone. The current induction process creates unnecessary stress and workload for everyone involved.
Evidence stored across emails, Google Drive folders, notebooks, and filing cabinets. When it's time for your progress review, you're frantically trying to remember where you saved that brilliant lesson observation from October.
Mentors supporting 3-4 ECTs spend hours compiling meeting notes and evidence for progress reviews. Induction tutors manually chase documentation from multiple sources before Appropriate Body deadlines.
Termly review dates sneak up. Final assessment approaches and you're reconstructing two years of professional development from fragmented records. It shouldn't be this stressful.
Schools delivering their own induction programmes have excellent training content but no digital platform to organise it. You're left managing everything through shared drives and spreadsheets.
Three simple workflows that save time and reduce stress throughout your induction journey
Document your professional development as it happens, directly from your phone.
Structured support for weekly mentoring, observations, and feedback cycles.
Automated report generation and digital sign-offs for stress-free progress reviews.
Visual RAG (Red, Amber, Green) rating system for monitoring ECT progress across all 8 Teachers' Standards
Experience how each user role benefits from the platform. Click to explore interactive demos.
Sarah's Story: It's Tuesday afternoon, break duty. Sarah just had a brilliant moment with a struggling Year 3 pupil who finally understood fractions. Rather than trying to remember this for her weekly mentor meeting, she captures it instantly on her phone.
"I used to spend Sunday evenings trying to remember what happened in my lessons that week. Now I just snap a photo of student work and add a quick note on my phone. When it came to my Year 1 assessment, I had everything I needed in one place. Absolute game-changer."
David's Story: David is a Science teacher mentoring three ECTs across Year 1 and Year 2. Before ECT Journey, he spent 4+ hours each week compiling notes, tracking progress, and preparing for meetings. Now everything's in one place.
"As a mentor supporting three ECTs, I was drowning in paperwork. ECT Journey saves me about 4 hours a week. The automated progress reports are brilliant—everything's already there, organised by Standard. I can focus on actually mentoring rather than admin."
Park High School, Manchester
Year 1 ECT • Biology • Next Meeting: Tomorrow 3:30pm
Year 2 ECT • Chemistry • Next Meeting: Friday 2:00pm
Year 1 ECT • Physics • Next Meeting: Monday 4:00pm
Helen's Story: Helen oversees induction for 8 ECTs across Riverside Academy Trust. Before ECT Journey, progress review time meant chasing mentors for evidence, compiling Word documents, and manually mapping evidence to Standards. The whole process took days.
"We run our own school-led induction programme with 8 ECTs. Before ECT Journey, I was chasing evidence from mentors via email and trying to compile everything into Word documents. Now I can generate our Appropriate Body submission in literally one click. It's transformed how we operate."
Emma Martinez • Year 2 ECT • Spring Term Review
Emma has demonstrated consistent progress against all Teachers' Standards. Strong evidence of reflection and professional growth throughout Year 2.
Ready for Appropriate Body submission • Saved to Emma's portfolio
Comprehensive tools designed specifically for the UK ECT induction process
Capture evidence from routine professional activities. Attach photos, documents, and reflections. Everything organised by term and Teachers' Standard.
Automated reminders for mentor meetings, observation cycles, and progress reviews. Never miss a deadline again. Clear visibility of what's due when.
Shared workspace for ECTs and mentors. Record meeting notes, set action points, share feedback. Everything in one place, accessible to both of you.
Generate comprehensive progress review reports instantly. Evidence automatically mapped to Standards. Export to PDF for Appropriate Body submission.
Upload your own induction modules and training materials. Track completion and fidelity. Perfect for schools delivering bespoke programmes.
Capture evidence on your phone during break duty. Review feedback on your commute. Full functionality wherever you are, whenever you need it.
Real experiences from ECTs, mentors, and induction tutors using ECT Journey
"I used to spend Sunday evenings trying to remember what happened in my lessons that week. Now I just snap a photo of student work and add a quick note on my phone. When it came to my Year 1 assessment, I had everything I needed in one place. Absolute game-changer."
Year 1 ECT, Primary • Birchwood Academy, Leeds
"As a mentor supporting three ECTs, I was drowning in paperwork. ECT Journey saves me about 4 hours a week. The automated progress reports are brilliant—everything's already there, organised by Standard. I can focus on actually mentoring rather than admin."
Mentor, Secondary Science • Park High School, Manchester
"We run our own school-led induction programme with 8 ECTs. Before ECT Journey, I was chasing evidence from mentors via email and trying to compile everything into Word documents. Now I can generate our Appropriate Body submission in literally one click. It's transformed how we operate."
Induction Tutor • Riverside Academy Trust, Birmingham
From your first day as an ECT to final assessment—every step organised and tracked
Establish routines, begin evidence capture, weekly mentor meetings, first observations
Develop practice, ongoing evidence collection, refine priorities
First formal assessment, evidence portfolio review, set Year 2 development goals
Apply learning, strengthen areas for development, continue evidence building
Second formal assessment, ensure all Standards evidenced, address any gaps
Final evidence collection, preparation for assessment
Your complete two-year portfolio, automatically compiled and ready for Appropriate Body submission. Evidence mapped to all 8 Teachers' Standards. Digital sign-offs from mentor and induction tutor. No stress. No scrambling. Just confidence.
Request a DemoInvest in your ECTs' success. One platform for your entire induction programme.
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