The Educator Workforce Strategy includes a dedicated priority focused on developing and implementing educator standards and principles. Find out more about this work.
NHS educator workforce principles
The NHS educator workforce programme has been leading the development of guiding educator workforce principles. These principles are designed to support educators, learners, service delivery and patient safety.
This work has been conducted in collaboration with education providers, regulators and professional bodies who have published education and educator standards.
NHS educator workforce planning tool
Initially, the team co-developed a set of guiding principles. Building on these, an educator workforce planning tool was co-designed with the NHS educator workforce planning working group - comprising multiprofessional representatives from across the NHS and partners.
Throughout the development process, we have maintained close collaboration, using feedback from the working group to shape the current educator workforce planning tool. This educator workforce planning tool is designed to help systems and organisations conduct self-assessments against indicators of educator workforce maturity and how the NHS educator workforce is integrated into service planning and delivery.
The NHS educator workforce planning tool is currently in its testing phase before official launch.
If your organisation would like to participate in this testing phase and provide valuable feedback, please contact us at england.educatorstrategy@nhs.net.