# 2026 cohort of the Early Career Teacher Entitlement \(ECTE\) training programme

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Ambition Institute](/contract-winners/ambition-institute/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £43,283,880
- Tender value: £43,283,880
- Award date: 19 June 2026
- Published: 9 July 2026
- Contract start: 22 June 2026
- Contract end: 30 September 2029
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b5bce966-0844-4c08-a640-b55b94d7653f-905432
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f2c4bcba-a599-4768-b3fd-b6d64ac10209

## Description

Call-off contracts awarded from the ITTECF and National Institute of Teaching \(NIoT\) Framework Agreements for the delivery of the 2026 cohort of the provider led Early Career Teacher Entitlement \(ECTE\) training programme\. For more information on the Early Career Teacher Entitlement \(ECTE\) please refer to: https://www\.gov\.uk/government/publications/early-career-teacher-entitlement/early-career-teacher-entitlement

## Related contract awards

- [Writer services for training content development \(tranche 2\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ed803f80-369a-4e97-b628-47bd530bb759): Department for Education
- [Writer services for training content development \(tranche 2\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b599b623-e5d1-4deb-a669-ed6a88e1a236): Department for Education
- [Writer services for training content development \(tranche 2\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4fc61295-67f6-4b02-9849-476fc373d247): Department for Education
- [SEND CPD - Package of Materials and Resources to Support In-House Training \(Schools and FE\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3a8d821b-54ff-4627-a29d-fd338fa9ccb8): Department for Education
- [Excellence in Reception Teaching](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ed4411b9-11ea-4767-9bf0-43bac7b85e75): Department for Education
- [Con\_ 31017 - Literacy in Reception ITT 2026](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-171ff466-b963-4c80-b1ef-fa36975d96b6): Department for Education

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b5bce966-0844-4c08-a640-b55b94d7653f-905432)