Education Personnel Services

NQT Induction

Golden Hellos

If you are eligible, the claim form will have been given to you by your training college. When you finish your training, your college tutor will have signed it to confirm that you have completed the course. At the end of your Induction Year, your Headteacher will sign it and you can then submit the application once it has been confirmed to you by the Local Authority that you have successfully completed Induction. Please remember that while the school recommends an Induction 'pass' this has to be ratified by the LA and then again by the GTCE - and you may not submit your application until after the end of your final Induction term and when you have confirmation of your new post after Induction.

Send the completed claim form to: Karen Smith, External Funding Team, Children's Services Dept, Hampshire County Council, The Castle, Winchester SO23 8UG. Forms sent to any other address will be returned to you.

Payment will not be processed before External Funding has been informed by Hampshire Education Personnel Services that you have successfully completed Induction and that we believe you are eligible to claim the Golden Hello. We send External Funding a spreadsheet after the end of each term, listing these NQTs - there is no advantage to you in sending in your claim form before the end of term as it will not be processed any earlier.

If you have lost your form, request a replacement from your training college - these cannot be supplied by either your school or the Local Authority and must be signed by your college tutor.

For full regulations on Golden Hellos visit www.tda.gov.uk/goldenhellos or telephone 0845 6000 991