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Professional standards for teachers

QTS

Core

Post ThresholdExcellent TeacherAdvanced Skills Teacher
C36 Read the previous Core standard Help with this page

Learning environment

C37

(a) Establish a purposeful and safe learning environment which complies with current legal requirements, national policies and guidance on the safeguarding and well-being of children and young people so that learners feel secure and sufficiently confident to make an active contribution to learning and to the school.

(b) Make use of the local arrangements concerning the safeguarding of children and young people. Read C37a and 37b NQT guidance

(c) Identify and use opportunities to personalise and extend learning through out-of-school contexts where possible making links between in-school learning and learning in out-of-school contexts. Read C37c NQT guidance

C38

(a) Manage learners' behaviour constructively by establishing and maintaining a clear and positive framework for discipline, in line with the school's behaviour policy.

(b) Use a range of behaviour management techniques and strategies, adapting them as necessary to promote the self-control and independence of learners. Read C38 NQT guidance

C39Promote learners' self-control, independence and cooperation through developing their social, emotional and behavioural skills. Read C39 NQT guidance
C40 Read the next Core standard Download or order the standards

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