Meeting the teachers' standards
Find out what the teachers’ standards are that you’ll need to meet to achieve qualified teacher status and how you might be asked to evidence them.
Find out what the teachers’ standards are that you’ll need to meet to achieve qualified teacher status and how you might be asked to evidence them.
At the end of your training, you’ll gain qualified teacher status (QTS) once you’ve met the teachers’ standards. This is an external link.
QTS is what you need to teach in maintained primary, secondary and special schools in England (and soon, academies, too).
There are 8 standards you’ll work towards.
You should demonstrate professional standards from the very start of your course.
A teacher is expected to demonstrate consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct.
The following statements define the behaviour and attitudes which set the required standard for conduct throughout a teacher’s career.
Remember that professionalism is the key. Ensure that you make positive relationships with all staff on your placements and turn up everyday on time.
Geography trainee from 2024/25
You will not be assessed against the teachers’ standards until the end of your course.
But throughout your training, you’ll be assessed against your individual provider’s initial teacher training curriculum.
Different training providers will ask you to evidence this in different ways. You should speak to your provider-based mentor or tutor to understand exactly what you need to do.
You should do this at the start of your course so you know what evidence to gather as you go.
This could include: