This book explores exactly what it is to be an 'outstanding teacher' and contains accessible advice about how you can achieve this status in your primary teaching. Offering clear identification of the key elements of practice that enable you to be considered outstanding as a primary teacher, it shows how both to develop and to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of these key elements of practice. Key features: *Consideration of 'outstandingness' that supports individual teachers in taking ownership of their own educational philosophy, ethos and values *Discussion of key elements of practice and why make the difference that they do *Real-life exemplars of outstanding practice, drawn from school-based research and comments from teachers and head teachers *Potential barriers to 'outstandingness' *An action planning approach and opportunities for self-reflection With its clear, accessible and practical advice this is a great toolkit for trainee, newly qualified and early career teachers, as well as school governors and mentors who wish to develop their excellence in the classroom.