Safonau proffesiynol · Leading in Wales

The Welsh professional standards, in everyday leadership.

The professional standards for teaching and leadership describe what leaders in Wales aim for. The 54 behaviours show what that looks like on an ordinary Monday morning. If you work in Wales, your reports show your results against both, so you can see how your development supports the standards.

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Rate yourself on the 54 behaviours. It takes about 10 minutes, and members can add the 360 diagnostic later.

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Your report has a second tab, Safonau proffesiynol · Welsh standards. It regroups your scores under the five standards and their leadership elements, with your strongest and weakest areas.

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Choose one or two focus behaviours that strengthen the element you most want to develop, and practise them with the Playbooks, the ES Coach and your 90-day plan.

Leading in Wales? Leaders who join through a Welsh school or local authority link see the standards view automatically. Anyone else can switch it on by choosing Wales under “Where you work” on their desk.

The five standards and the behaviours that bring them to life

Each behaviour is linked to the leadership elements it most clearly supports. Your score for an element is the average of your scores on its behaviours. Many behaviours support more than one element.

Pedagogy · Addysgeg

Refining teaching (from vision to provision to impact)

Mireinio addysgu

S6 Focus on the Main Thing C3 Establish Routines C4 Maintain Consistency L3 Get the Steps In

Advancing learning (policy into practice)

Hyrwyddo dysgu

C2 Set High Floor, No Ceiling C3 Establish Routines

Influencing learners (securing standards, well-being and progress)

Dylanwadu ar ddysgwyr

S5 Establish Collective Goals S11 Break Through Limits S13 Aspire to Greatness C1 Hold High Standards C2 Set High Floor, No Ceiling C8 Create Moments

Collaboration · Cydweithredu

Seeking advice and support

Ceisio cyngor a chymorth

T2 Ask First Y4 Humility

Sustaining a collaborative culture

Cynnal diwylliant o gydweithio

S1 Explain the Why S5 Establish Collective Goals S7 Communicate Often C5 Celebrate Success L5 Stack the Chairs L7 Co-create What Matters T4 Create a Team T5 Mastering Conflict T6 Be Wonderful to Work With T7 Hold Meetings for Impact

Working productively with external agencies

Gweithio'n gynhyrchiol gydag asiantaethau allanol

C7 Engage Parents

Engaging with the widest school community

Ymgysylltu â chymuned ehangaf yr ysgol

S2 Tell the Story S7 Communicate Often C7 Engage Parents C8 Create Moments

Enabling continuous improvement

Galluogi gwelliannau parhaus

S3 Seek the Brutal Facts S6 Focus on the Main Thing S8 Find the Lead Measures S9 Leverage Marginal Gains S10 Sustain Change S12 Lead for Lasting Excellence S15 Plan with a Premortem L4 Make It Happen L8 Don't Drop the Ball L12 Control the Controllables T7 Hold Meetings for Impact T8 Create Actions Y7 Think Long, Act Daily

Professional learning · Dysgu proffesiynol

Wider reading and research outlooks

Darllen ehangach a safbwyntiau ymchwil

C6 Seek Inspiration Y8 Sharpen Your Tools

Professional networks and communities

Rhwydweithiau a chymunedau proffesiynol

C6 Seek Inspiration

Supporting growth and system-wide leadership

Cefnogi twf ac arweinyddiaeth ym mhob rhan o'r system

T3 Get the Right People on the Bus

Supporting growth in others

Helpu eraill i dyfu

L6 Leaders Eat Last L10 Pass the Baton T1 Know Your Team T3 Get the Right People on the Bus

Continuing professional learning for all staff

Dysgu proffesiynol parhaus i bob aelod o staff

T10 Embracing Accountability Y8 Sharpen Your Tools Y9 Build Habits That Last

Innovation · Arloesi

Towards 2025 (the long-term vision for Wales and the new curriculum)

Tuag at 2025

S10 Sustain Change Y6 Prioritise What Matters Y7 Think Long, Act Daily

Developing new techniques

Datblygu technegau newydd

S9 Leverage Marginal Gains S11 Break Through Limits L9 Use the Checklist L11 Learn to Bend

Seeking and extending best practice

Ceisio ac ymestyn arfer gorau

S12 Lead for Lasting Excellence C6 Seek Inspiration

Evaluating the impact of changes in practice

Gwerthuso effaith newid mewn arfer

S3 Seek the Brutal Facts S8 Find the Lead Measures S14 Anticipate Unintended Consequences S15 Plan with a Premortem L3 Get the Steps In L11 Learn to Bend T2 Ask First T9 Go Back and Check

Leadership · Arweinyddiaeth

Taking responsibility for self (all practitioners)

Cymryd cyfrifoldeb personol

Y1 Protect Your Sleep Y2 Give Yourself Permission Y3 Manage Emotions Y5 Organise for Clarity Y6 Prioritise What Matters Y9 Build Habits That Last

Promoting teaching and leadership in Wales

Hyrwyddo addysgu ac arweinyddiaeth yng Nghymru

S2 Tell the Story S4 Uphold Values S13 Aspire to Greatness L1 Lead by Example L2 Be Positive Y3 Manage Emotions

Exercising corporate responsibility in all colleagues

Arfer cyfrifoldeb corfforaethol ym mhob cydweithiwr

S1 Explain the Why S4 Uphold Values S5 Establish Collective Goals S14 Anticipate Unintended Consequences C1 Hold High Standards C4 Maintain Consistency L1 Lead by Example L4 Make It Happen L5 Stack the Chairs L8 Don't Drop the Ball L9 Use the Checklist L12 Control the Controllables T5 Mastering Conflict T8 Create Actions T9 Go Back and Check T10 Embracing Accountability Y5 Organise for Clarity

Empowering others

Grymuso eraill

C5 Celebrate Success L2 Be Positive L6 Leaders Eat Last L7 Co-create What Matters T4 Create a Team T6 Be Wonderful to Work With Y2 Give Yourself Permission Y4 Humility

Delegation and empowerment

Dirprwyo a grymuso

L10 Pass the Baton T1 Know Your Team

Supporting other settings

Cefnogi lleoliadau eraill

S2 Tell the Story S12 Lead for Lasting Excellence S13 Aspire to Greatness L10 Pass the Baton T3 Get the Right People on the Bus

Leading across schools

Every one of the 54 behaviours applies just as much to leaders who work across schools: trust and cluster leaders, local authority advisers and headteachers who support other settings. The standards call this system leadership: sharing what works, developing leaders beyond your own school and raising standards together. The behaviours that most directly support it are linked above under Supporting other settings and Supporting growth and system-wide leadership, but the same habits of explaining the why, holding high standards and going back to check are what make any partnership work.

About this mapping

This alignment has been made by Everyone Succeeds to show how the 54 behaviours relate to the leadership elements of the professional standards for teaching and leadership in Wales. It is our own mapping, not an official Welsh Government tool, and it is there to help your professional learning and reflection rather than to assess you. Doing an NPQ in England instead? See how the behaviours align with the NPQ frameworks.