Induction for Beginning Teachers

Placement schools must ensure that beginning teachers receive a comprehensive induction at the start of their placement. This should include:

  1. Safeguarding and Child Protection
    • Provide the school’s child protection policy and staff code of conduct. Explain safeguarding reporting procedures and provide details of the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL).
  2. Health and Safety
    • Explain fire evacuation procedures, emergency arrangements, first aid, site security and relevant risk assessments.
  3. School Policies and Procedures
    • Share key policies, including behaviour, attendance, equality, data protection, acceptable use of IT and professional conduct. A full list of policies that beginning teachers should read can be found on pages 7 and 8 of the Professional Development Journal for Phase 2.
  4. School Context and Organisation
    • Introduce the school’s ethos, values, routines, key staff, facilities and daily arrangements.
  5. Curriculum, Teaching and Assessment
    • Familiarise beginning teachers with curriculum plans, teaching approaches, lesson planning, assessment practices and available resources.
  6. SEND and Inclusion
    • Explain how the school supports pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, disadvantaged pupils and those with additional learning needs.
  7. Professional Responsibilities
    • Clarify expectations around attendance, punctuality, dress, confidentiality, communication, professional boundaries and workload.
  8. Wellbeing and Support
    • Identify key contacts for pastoral support, reasonable adjustments and raising concerns during the placement.

Important: Safeguarding induction must take place at the start of each school placement, and schools should ensure trainees understand the relevant policies and reporting procedures before working with pupils.

Beginning Teacher Placement Preparation

Before beginning teachers start School Placement 1, they will have completed the following in preparation:

  • Read Part 1 of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE 2026)
  • Completed online training in:
    • Prevent
    • FGM
    • Allergy Awareness