Guidance published on teachers' standards

The Department for Education has published guidance for:

• school leaders
• school staff
• governing bodies

The standards themselves (part 1 and part 2) have statutory force (under regulation 6(8)(a) of the Education (School Teachers’ Appraisal) (England) Regulations 2012).

They are issued by law; you must follow them unless there’s a good reason not to. They define the minimum level of practice for trainees and teachers to achieve qualified teacher status.

You can also use them to assess the performance of all teachers with qualified teacher status who are subject to The Education (School Teachers’ Appraisal) (England) Regulations 2012.

The standards replace the ‘standards for qualified teacher status’ and the ‘core professional standards’, previously published by the former Training and Development Agency for Schools.

Teachers' standards

Ref: DFE-00066-2011PDF, 271KB, 15 pages

Teachers' standards: overview

PDF, 181KB, 1 page

How you should use the teachers' standards

PDF, 101KB, 1 page