Professional standards for QTS

The standards for the award of QTS are statements that set out what a trainee teacher must know, understand and be able to do, to be awarded QTS. The QTS standards apply to all trainee teachers, regardless of the route they take to QTS.

The standards are organised in three inter-related sections:

• Professional attributes: these standards outline the attitudes and commitment to be expected of anyone qualifying to be a teacher.
• Professional knowledge and understanding: these standards require newly qualified teachers (NQTs) to be confident in the subjects they teach and to have a clear understanding of how all children and young people make progress.
• Professional skills: these standards relate to the skills of teaching, including planning, assessing, monitoring, giving feedback, team working and collaboration.

Click here to view the standards: www.education.gov.uk