Guidance

Find an appropriate body

Updated 2 September 2024

Applies to England

Role of appropriate bodies

Appropriate bodies assure the quality of statutory teacher induction. They assure themselves that:

• relevant people know of their responsibilities for monitoring support and assessment during teacher induction, and are capable of meeting them
• monitoring, support, assessment and guidance procedures in place are fair and appropriate

Appropriate bodies also provide data to the Teaching Regulation Agency. This is to record the progress of people who start, and complete, induction.

Who appropriate bodies are

The following organisations can act as appropriate bodies:

• teaching school hubs
• Independent Schools Teacher Induction Panel, for their members and associate or additional members only
• Educational Success Partners, for British schools overseas

Teaching school hubs are now the main provider of appropriate body services, except for the 2 specialist appropriate body services for some independent and overseas schools.

Local authorities no longer provide appropriate body services.

How to choose an appropriate body

Schools are encouraged to choose their local teaching school hub for appropriate body services, unless they have specific reasons to access these services from another appropriate body.

Registration with an appropriate body is a separate process to signing up for Department for Education funded training based on the early career framework. All early career teachers must be registered with an appropriate body before they begin induction.

You can use this guidance to find an appropriate body if you’re responsible for statutory induction in a school, college or other organisation where teachers may serve induction. The statutory guidance for appropriate bodies, headteachers, school staff and governing bodies has more information on induction for early career teachers.

National organisations

Areas covered	Appropriate body (AB) name	Contact
National	Independent Schools Teacher Induction Panel (ISTIP)	[email protected]
International	Educational Success Partners (ESP)	[email protected]

East Midlands and the Humber teaching school hubs

Areas covered	AB name	School delivering AB services	Contact
North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire	DRET Teaching School Hub	Humberston Academy	[email protected]
Barnsley, Doncaster	Exchange Teaching School Hub	Grange Lane Infant Academy	[email protected]
Ashfield, Broxtowe, Mansfield, Nottingham, Rushcliffe	Flying High Teaching School Hub	The Flying High Academy	[email protected]
Boston, Lincoln, North Kesteven, South Holland, South Kesteven, East Lindsey, West Lindsey	L.E.A.D. Teaching School Hub Lincolnshire	Witham St Hughs Academy	[email protected]
Blaby, Harborough, Leicester, Oadby and Wigston	Leicester & Leicestershire TSH	Rushey Mead Academy	[email protected]
Charnwood, Hinckley and Bosworth, Melton, North West Leicestershire, Rutland	Leicestershire & Rutland TS Hub	Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy	[email protected]
Amber Valley, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, High Peak, North East Derbyshire	Potentia TSH	Swanswick School and Sports College	[email protected]
Bassetlaw, Gedling, Newark and Sherwood	Redhill Teaching Hub	The Carlton Junior Academy	[email protected]
Rotherham, Sheffield	South Yorkshire Teaching Hub	Silverdale School	[email protected]
Derby, South Derbyshire and Erewash	Spencer Teaching School Hub	Chetwynd Spencer Academy	AB@spencerteachingschoolhub.org.uk
East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull	The Vantage Teaching School Hub North Humber	St Mary’s College, Voluntary Catholic Academy	[email protected]

East of England and North-east London teaching school hubs

Areas covered	AB name	School delivering AB services	Contact
Babergh, Colchester, Ipswich, Tendring	Unity Teaching School Hub	Churchill Special Free School	[email protected]
Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough, South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Teaching School Hub	Histon and Impington Brook Primary School	[email protected]
Basildon, Brentwood, Castle Point, Maldon, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock	Chafford Hundred Teaching School Hub	Harris Academy Chafford Hundred	[email protected]
Hackney, Tower Hamlets	East London Teaching School Hub	Mulberry School for Girls	[email protected]
Breckland, South Norfolk, Great Yarmouth, East Suffolk	Inspiration Teaching School Hub	Hethersett Academy	[email protected]
Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham	London District East Teaching School Hub	Tollgate Primary School	[email protected]
Haringey, Redbridge, Waltham Forest	North East London Teaching School Hub	Harris Chobham Academy	[email protected]
Braintree, Chelmsford, Epping Forest, Harlow, Uttlesford	Saffron Teaching School Hub	Saffron Walden County High School	[email protected]
Broadland, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, North Norfolk, Norwich	The Julian Teaching School Hub	Notre Dame High School, Norwich	[email protected]
West Suffolk, Mid Suffolk, East Suffolk South	Unity Teaching School Hub	Churchill Special Free School	[email protected]

Lancashire and West Yorkshire teaching school hubs

Areas covered	AB name	School delivering AB services	Contact
Bradford	Exceed Teaching School Hub	Harden Primary Academy School	[email protected]
Manchester, Stockport	Bright Futures Teaching School Hub - Manchester & Stockport	Altrincham Grammar School for Girls	[email protected]
Salford, Trafford	Bright Futures Teaching School Hub - Salford & Trafford	Altrincham Grammar School for Girls	[email protected]
Calderdale, Kirklees	Calderdale and Kirklees Teaching School Hub	Shelley College, A Share Academy	[email protected]
Chorley, Fylde, South Ribble, West Lancashire	Embrace Teaching School Hub (SW Lancashire)	Tor View School	[email protected]
Wakefield, North Yorkshire South	Exchange Teaching School Hub	Grange Lane Infant Academy	[email protected]
Halton, Warrington, Wigan	Generate Teaching Hub	Evelyn Street Primary Academy and Nursery	[email protected]
Liverpool, Wirral	Inspire Learning Teaching School Hub NW	Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary School	AB@inspirelearningtsh.co.uk
Leeds	Leeds Teaching School Hub	The Morley Academy	[email protected]
Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens	Rainbow Teaching School Hub	St Silas Church of England Primary School	[email protected]
Bolton, Bury, Rochdale	Star Teaching School Hub Bolton, Bury, Rochdale	Eden Boys’ School Bolton	[email protected]
Blackpool, Lancaster, Preston, Wyre	Star Teaching School Hub North West Lancashire	Eden Boys’ School Bolton	[email protected]
Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Ribble Valley, Rossendale	Star Teaching School Hub Pennine Lancashire	Eden Boys’ School Bolton	[email protected]
Oldham, Tameside	The East Manchester Teaching Hub	The Blue Coat CofE School	[email protected]

North of England teaching school hubs

Areas covered	AB name	School delivering AB services	Contact
County Durham	NELTSH Teaching School Hub	Teesdale School and Sixth Form	[email protected]
Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland	Northern Lights TSH: South Tyne & Wear	Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy	[email protected]
Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness	One Cumbria Teaching School Hub	Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith	AB@onecumbria.education
North Yorkshire East, York	Pathfinder Teaching School Hub	Archbishop Holgate’s School, A Church of England Academy	[email protected]
North Yorkshire West	Red Kite Teaching School Hub	Harrogate Grammar School	[email protected]
Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees	Tees Valley Teaching School Hub	St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool	[email protected]
Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland	The Three Rivers Teaching School Hub	The King Edward VI Academy	appropriate.body@the3rive

North-west London and South-central England teaching school hubs

Areas covered	AB name	School delivering AB services	Contact
Dacorum, Hertsmere, St Albans, Three Rivers, Watford, Welwyn Hatfield	Alban Teaching School Hub	Sandringham School	[email protected]
Buckinghamshire	Astra Teaching School Hub, Buckinghamshire	Dr Challoner’s Grammar School	[email protected]
Camden, City of London, Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster	Central London Teaching School Hub	Paddington Academy	[email protected]
Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes	Chiltern Teaching School Hub	Denbigh High School	[email protected]
Luton, North Hertfordshire, Broxbourne, Stevenage, East Hertfordshire	Chiltern Teaching School Hub	Denbigh High School	[email protected]
Barnet, Brent, Enfield	North West London Teaching School Hub	Wembley High Technology College	[email protected]
North Northamptonshire, West Northamptonshire	Northamptonshire Teaching School Hub	Brooke Weston Academy	[email protected]
Cherwell, Oxford, South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse, West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire Teaching School Hub	The Cherwell School	[email protected]
Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow	Teach West London	Twyford Church of England High School	AB@teachwestlondon.org.uk
Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham	TSH Berkshire	Langley Grammar School	[email protected]

South-east England and South London teaching school hubs

Areas covered	AB name	School delivering AB services	Contact
Adur, Arun, Chichester, Crawley, Horsham, Mid Sussex, Worthing	GLF West Sussex Teaching School Hub	Rosebery School	[email protected]
Croydon, Epsom and Ewell, Sutton	Harris City Academy Crystal Palace Teaching School Hub	Harris City Academy Crystal Palace	[email protected]
Southampton, Test Valley, New Forest, Winchester	HISP Teaching School Hub	Portswood Primary	[email protected]
Havant, Gosport, Eastleigh, Fareham, Portsmouth, Isle of Wight	HISP Teaching School Hub	Thornden School	[email protected]
Thanet, Swale, Canterbury, Ashford, Folkestone and Hythe, Dover	Kent Teaching School Hub	Bennett Memorial Diocesan School	[email protected]
Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and Malling, Maidstone	Kent Teaching School Hub	Bennett Memorial Diocesan School	[email protected]
Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark	London South Teaching School Hub	Charles Dickens Primary School	[email protected]
Basingstoke and Deane, East Hampshire, Guildford, Hart, Rushmoor, Waverley	SFET Teaching School Hub	South Farnham School	[email protected]
Brighton and Hove, Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes, Rother, Wealden	STEP Ahead Teaching School Hub	Angel Oak Academy	[email protected]
Dartford, Gravesham, Medway	Thames Gateway Teaching School Hub	Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School	[email protected]
Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich	Thames South Teaching School Hub	Pickhurst Infant Academy	[email protected]
Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames, Wandsworth	Wandle Teaching School Hub	Chesterton Primary School	[email protected]
Elmbridge, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Woking	Xavier Teaching School Hub	St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking	[email protected]

South-west England teaching school hubs

Areas covered	AB name	School delivering AB services	Contact
Cheltenham, Cotswold, Stroud	Balcarras	Balcarras School	[email protected]
East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, Torridge	Colyton Teaching School Hub	Colyton Grammar School	[email protected]
Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire	Five Counties Teaching School Hubs Alliance (South Glos/BANES)	Mangotsfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	[email protected]
Bristol, North Somerset	Five Counties Teaching School Hubs Alliance (Bristol/North Somerset)	Bristol Metropolitan Academy	[email protected]
Somerset	Five Counties Teaching School Hubs Alliance (Somerset)	Bristol Metropolitan Academy	[email protected]
Exeter, Plymouth, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torbay, West Devon	Kingsbridge Teaching School Hub	Kingsbridge Academy	[email protected]
Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Tewkesbury	Odyssey Teaching School Hub	Pate’s Grammar School	[email protected]
Cornwall	One Cornwall Teaching School Hub (East Cornwall)	The Roseland Academy	[email protected]
Cornwall, Isles of Scilly	One Cornwall Teaching School Hub (West)	Trenance Learning Academy	[email protected]
Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South Central Teaching School Hub	The Quay School	[email protected]
Swindon, Wiltshire	Swindon and Wiltshire Teaching School Hub	Glenmoor Academy	[email protected]

West Midlands teaching school hubs

Areas covered	AB name	School delivering AB services	Contact
Birmingham South	Star Teaching School Hub Birmingham South	Eden Boys’ School Birmingham	[email protected]
Birmingham North	Arthur Terry Teaching School Hub - North Birmingham	The Arthur Terry School	[email protected]
Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester	Cheshire Teaching School Hub	St Joseph’s College	[email protected]
Coventry, Rugby, Warwick	Coventry and Central Warwickshire Teaching School Hub	Lawrence Sheriff School	[email protected]
Dudley, Sandwell	Haybridge Teaching School Hub	Haybridge High School and Sixth Form	[email protected]
Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Tamworth	John Taylor Teaching School Hub	John Taylor High School	AB@jths.co.uk
South Staffordshire, Walsall, Wolverhampton	Manor Teaching School Hub	Manor Primary School	[email protected]
Herefordshire, Malvern Hills, Worcester, Wychavon, Wyre Forest	Prince Henry’s Teaching School Hub	Prince Henry’s High School	[email protected]
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin	STEP	The Priory School	[email protected]
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands	The Golden Thread Teaching School Hub	Painsley Catholic College	[email protected]
Bromsgrove, Redditch, Solihull, Stratford-on-Avon	Tudor Grange Teaching School Hub	Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull	[email protected]