Scholarship funding is available for teachers and leaders in publicly-funded schools (including maintained nursery schools) and 16 to 19 educational settings in England for the following NPQs:

• Special educational needs co-ordinators (SENCOs)
• Senior leadership
• Headship

Funding for these courses is also available to:

• Hospital schools
• Young offender institutions
• Local authority virtual school headteachers, staff in a defined deputy headteacher role and staff in direct teaching roles
• Other local authority staff in direct teaching roles – for example, local authority supply or peripatetic teachers.

Early years leadership NPQ scholarship

Scholarship funding is available for the early years leadership NPQ for publicly funded early years settings and maintained nursery schools, including:

• Private, voluntary, independent (PVI) settings
• Ofsted-registered early years childminders
• Maintained nursery schools
• Those working in publicly-funded early years educational settings.

For all other NPQs, scholarship funding is available to schools on the eligibility list.

Please note:

The total amount of scholarship funding is limited, so some eligible teachers and leaders may not secure a funded place. Check with your provider before you register to see if a funded place is available.

NPQ providers manage applications for the courses they deliver and may prioritise applications according to the number of funded places they have available. For example, priority will be given to applications for the NPQ for SENCOs to those needing to take the NPQ as a mandatory qualification for their role as a SENCO.

Applications open on 23 June via the DfE: https://register-national-professional-qualifications.education.gov.uk/