The aim of the Review is to establish a set of standards that:
- are unequivocal, clear and easy to understand;
- provide a tool to assess teachers’ performance and steer professional development;
- are designed to inspire confidence in the profession;
- focus primarily on the key elements of excellent teaching (including approaches to early reading and early mathematics), how to address poor behaviour and how to support children with additional needs, including special educational needs; and
- encompass standards of ethics and behaviour, both within and outside the school, including, for example, having tolerance and respect for the rights and views of others and not undermining UK democratic values.
The scope of the Review is the standards for classroom teachers. The Review will focus on the existing standards for teachers for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), Core, Threshold, Excellent Teachers (ETs) and Advanced Skills Teachers (ASTs). It will not include headship standards (although the National Professional Qualification for Headship is being reviewed separately) nor the pay consequences of any standards.
