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National Standards

The National Mentoring Standards include:

  • Standard one - personal qualities
  • Standard two - teaching
  • Standard three - professionalism
  • Standard four - self-development and working in partnership

View the complete standards here and familiarise yourself with the non-statutory expectations.

You can download an audit form to assess your own needs about how you meet the National Standards for sharing with your Professional mentor and for your own CPD needs going forward.

Primary mentors

Quiz image Complete this mentoring quiz and download the certificate.

The pass mark for the quiz is 80% but you can attempt the quiz as many times as you like.

Secondary mentors

Quiz image Complete this mentoring quiz and download the certificate.

The pass mark for the quiz is 80% but you can attempt the quiz as many times as you like.

PGCEi mentors

Quiz image Complete this mentoring quiz and download the certificate.

The pass mark for the quiz is 80% but you can attempt the quiz as many times as you like.

Postbox image All mentors - once you pass the quiz, your certificate will be released; you should download a copy of the certificate onto your device and UPLOAD IT HERE.

Please note you will not be able to act as a mentor within the Warwick University Partnership if you have not passed the quiz and uploaded a copy of your certificate.

How to download a copy of the certificate

Screenshot of certificate download screen

To download a copy of the certificate you will need to press the Print me button illustrated by the red arrow on the image above. Choose a PDF option from your printer dropdown menu (examples might include Microsoft Print to PDF or Nuance PDF) and this will save a PDF version of the certificate onto your device. This file can then be uploaded onto the CTE Partners' Intranet using the link in the grey box above.

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Are you aware of all the ways we communicate with you?

The Partners' intranet is a really good source of information for all mentors in the Warwick University Partnership.

We regularly send out CTE partnership bulletins. Archived versions are available here and you can also sign up to receive the latest versions when they are published here.

We also run bookable online clinics for one to one mentoring support.

Our mentor support videos are available here.