Campaigners advocating the establishment of a College of Teaching in England have released a document outlining their ideas as to how such an institution would work.

The paper, entitled Claim Your College, explains that the new body will be led by teachers, ensuring that the profession is able to take control and responsibility for its own "professional destiny".

In being able to set its "own aspirational standards" and establish a better, more informed and realistic framework of training and expectation, the group behind such a college would be able to help teachers be better skilled and more knowledgeable.

One of the key features will be autonomy, explained the authors of the report. It would therefore be independent of government interference and independent of unions.

It will also refrain from concerning itself with matters like pay and conditions, as the primary focus of the body would be on improving education by developing teachers to be the best in the world.

"Through a mobilisation and a three year incubation period to pilot and develop the college’s activities, the proposal provides the opportunity for all those interested in being part of the college to shape its future," the document outlined.

"Serving teachers will be in key governance positions, supported by ongoing consultations with the wider profession and the college’s growing membership. The new organisation will need time to establish secure standards."

Some of the campaign's key representatives come from organisations like The Prince's Teaching Institute, the Teacher Development Trust and the SSAT. Individuals from Teach First, the Council for Subject Associations and the Royal Society.