Get the best experience in our app Enjoy offline reading, category favourites, and instant updates - right from your pocket. Download the App Maybe later Home The ideal teacher The ideal teacher 16th June 2000, 1:00am Tes Editorial Share The ideal teacher https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/ideal-teacher Copy Link GOVERNMENT consultants have drawn up a framework outlining theskills expected at every career stage. News, 5 Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. More information Keep reading for just £4.90 per month /per month for 12 months You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information Read more Teacher interview questions: what will I be asked? Tes Editorial • 10th October 2025 Sats week: key test dates for 2026 Tes Editorial • 1st October 2025 5 top Tes articles for school leaders Tes Editorial • 19th August 2025 5 top Tes articles on the science of learning Tes Editorial • 12th August 2025 Recent Most read Most shared Cambridge extends coursework deadline over Middle East war News 10 March 2026 Allegations of cheating in primary tests up by a fifth in 2 years News 10 March 2026 Tes Wellbeing Report: Teachers warn of SEND and workload pressures News 10 March 2026 Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum Teaching & Learning 4 March 2026 How a small change to the English curriculum could cut teacher workload Teaching & Learning 9 March 2026 Why making maths ‘more relevant’ misses the point Analysis 5 March 2026 Zack Polanski to headline NEU conference News 6 March 2026 On-screen exams could widen disadvantage gap, EEF warns News 6 March 2026 Social media must be banned until 16 to tackle in-school misogyny Analysis 8 March 2026