Prospective teachers could have to score more than 80 in at least three HSC subjects as part of a suite of changes being considered to improve the quality of teaching and education in NSW.

The O'Farrell government will release its response on Wednesday to a review of teaching training, development and support, which aims to improve student outcomes.

One question posed by the review is whether there should be a minimum ATAR to gain entry to a teaching degree, a proposal that has raised the ire of universities.

One idea presented to stakeholders at briefings was to instead impose broader minimum HSC achievements for graduates, whereby a student had to achieve a Band 5, or more than 80 per cent, in at least three subjects to win a teaching place, one of which had to be English.

President of the NSW Teachers Federation Maurie Mulheron was supportive of the idea.

He said such a standard would mean student teachers were among roughly the top 25 per cent of students and it also recognised the critical importance of English to teachers.