CPD and Training Programmes
Together, great teaching never stops learning
When educators grow, learners succeed. Using a structured approach, we'll work with you to raise standards, retain great people, and deliver better outcomes for every learner. Together, we make professional growth a shared habit - not a one-off event.
CPD, beyond box-ticking
“Having a partner who really understands CPD is absolutely fundamental to driving improvement. For too long we’ve relied on CPD as one-off sessions. The difference between that and our partnership with ETF is that they really understand how you affect change.”
Janet Smith, Principal for Teaching and Learning Quality, New City College
What you'll gain
Partnering with ETF means making a visible commitment to your educators. Our 360° model for professional excellence helps you put sustainable habits into practice, showing them their growth matters.
CPD that sticks
We'll help you embed high quality CPD and tools into day-to-day practice, along with peer-mentoring to support your educators. Make progress become a habit, not an event, and see your educators flourish in the long term.
National standards that build confidence
With national shared teaching and training standards underpinning our approach, your teams will grow their impact, and gain confidence and credibility.
Community that connects
Connect your teams to the wider FE and skills sector through our inspiring membership community, where ideas thrive and best practice is shared, so that nobody develops in isolation.
Partnership in action
NCC's journey to Outstanding
“What I find ETF does incredibly well is it challenges us to raise the standard of our profession...We've pivoted to be really focused on what makes someone a better teacher, what makes someone a better learning support assistant.”
Gerry McDonald, Group Principal and CEO New City College
Give your educators access to growth and confidence
Partnering with ETF supports your educators to grow their skills and confidence with access to:
Membership
As an ETF Partner, you give your educators access to membership that supports their growth - helping them elevate their practice, build connections, and belong to a thriving, supportive community driving the future of FE and skills.
Professional recognition
Professional Status recognition helps your teams turn impact into long-term career momentum. Whether it's building on their teaching practice or moving beyond, you'll offer them pathways that recognise and support their development.
Professional learning
Keep your teaching practice current and effective with ETF’s professional learning offer. Our open and in-house courses help educators refresh skills, explore new approaches, and respond to changing learner needs. Designed and delivered by ETF CPD experts, every session builds confidence, connection and impact.
Anchored by professional standards
All ETF Partnership activity is rooted in the Professional Standards for Teachers and Trainers, giving every educator a clear framework for reflection and growth. Through our Self-Assessment Tool and Professional Standards Workshop, your Partner Success Manager will help your teams explore their strengths, identify development priorities, and turn insight into everyday professional practice.
ETF Partnership supports PROGRESS
Progress doesn’t happen by chance - it’s built step by step. Your Partner Success Manager will guide you through every stage, helping you set goals, measure progress, and embed lasting professional growth.
Steps to success
1. Discovery and alignment. ETF works with you to define goals, align priorities, and co-create a Partner Success Plan that connects CPD to your strategy.
2. Onboarding and promotion. We prepare managers for launch, provide communication resources, and help you engage staff with a clear, motivating message.
3. Engagement and adoption. Your Partner Success Manager delivers Professional Standards Workshops and supports teams to complete Self-Assessments, identifying strengths and focus areas.
4. Momentum and growth. ETF provides regular check-ins, guidance, and resources to embed CPD into daily practice and sustain progress.
5. Review and optimise. We help you analyse data, share insights, and evidence improvement - celebrating success and planning next steps.
ETF stays with you to sustain improvement, share learning, and helps your teams keep growing. Our partnership delivers visible impact - helping you evidence progress and build on what works.
Trusted by
4 principles of ETF Partnership
Strategic alignment
Embedding within your organisational goals and priorities.
Proactive engagement
Anticipating your teams needs and removing barriers early.
Flexible and responsive
Adapting to and supporting organisational change.
Shared accountability
Setting measurable outcomes and tracking progress.
What our Partners say
We’ve partnered with organisations across the sector to bring lasting change – for teams, leaders and learners. Here’s what they say:
New City College
Sustained CPD to drive improvement
Hear from New City College, an ETF Partner, where CPD is an everyday part of their organisational culture - not just a tick box exercise.
Skills for Security
From technical talent to trusted trainers
Find out how ETF Partnership offered Skills for Security long-term support as their experienced industry professionals transitioned into confident trainers.
York College
Investing in teachers for long-term impact
York College’s strategy was not to chase quick fixes. Instead, the focus was on building a culture where professional development is consistent, supported, and taken seriously.
South Central Ambulance Service
Supporting dual professionals
Using Professional Standards as part of ETF Partnership to promote good practice and pedagogy across the NHS department.
Sandwell College
Strengthening connections inside colleges
Making sure professional development is something staff shape and own – not something done to them.
Carlisle Support Services
Raising standards and unlocking potential
Discover how ETF Partnership helped Carlisle Support Services to put dual professionalism into action - integrating technical mastery with the art of education.
