What does ‘good teaching’ and ‘good leadership’ look like in practice and how can we improve?
The Cambridge Teacher and School Leader standards are designed to help you. They define what we believe to be key characteristics and practices of effective teaching and leadership. They focus on supporting teachers’ and leaders’ professional learning and development, recognising the demands and complexity of teaching and leadership.
We have based the Standards on the latest international research into effective teaching and school leadership, taking into account a wide range of international practices, and advice from education experts around the world.
Download the Standards factsheet to find out more about how and why we developed the standards.
Cambridge Teacher Standards
You can use the Cambridge Teacher Standards to:
- evaluate current teaching practice
- help identify, prioritise and plan areas for professional development
- understand the teaching requirements for Cambridge programmes in order to achieve the desired student outcomes.
Download the Cambridge Teacher Standards
Cambridge School Leader Standards
You can use the Cambridge School Leader Standards to:
- evaluate current leadership practice
- help identify, prioritise and plan areas for professional development
- review and identify the development needs of your senior team
- help illustrate a school-wide leadership framework and expectations to your school board, governing body and parent community.
Download the School Leader Standards
Using the teacher and school leader standards
You can use the Standards to evaluate your teaching or school leadership by asking yourself key questions and looking for examples from your own practice. To find out how, read our online guide
UK NARIC benchmarking
UK NARIC (the UK National Academic Recognition Information Centre) has confirmed a high level of comparability between the Cambridge Standards and UK, Australian and South African standards
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More information
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Your feedback
As we launch these standards we would like to hear from Cambridge schools who are interested in exploring their use in different contexts. If you are interested please complete the form below.