National Professional Qualifications
APPLICATIONS FOR 2023-24 ARE NOW OPEN!
Our NPQs are designed and delivered in partnership with the Teacher Development Trust (TDT).
Leadership
Headship (NPQH)
Create a culture of excellence across your setting. Develop your team and bring them with you on the journey.
Early Headship Coaching Offer
Targeted support to headteachers who are within the first five years of their headship (in partnership with Educate Norfolk).
Senior Leadership (NPQSL)
Ensure collective accountability for planning and implementing whole-school change with senior leadership responsibility.
Early Years Leadership (NPQEYL)
Lead successful improvement and change in your nursery setting, whether PVI, school-based or maintained nurseries, or childminder.
Specialist
Leading Teacher Development (NPQLTD)
Develop the teachers in your school through coaching, mentoring, and designing and implementing effective CPD programmes.
Leading Behaviour and Culture (NPQLBC)
Improve pupil wellbeing through consistency of approach and practice. Create a warm whole-school culture.
Leading Teaching (NPQLT)
Lead high-quality teaching and curriculum development, securing phase- or subject-specific excellence.
Leading Literacy (NPQLL)
Lead on effective strategies to improve literacy outcomes in your school. Develop others and create change.
We are running the following NPQs in 2023-24:
Autumn 2023 (October start):
- NPQ in Headship
- NPQ in Senior Leadership
- NPQ in Leading Teaching
- NPQ in Leading Teacher Development.
Spring 2024 (February start):
- NPQ in Headship
- NPQ in Early Years Leadership
- NPQ in Senior Leadership
- NPQ in Leading Teaching
- NPQ in Leading Teacher Development
- NPQ in Leading Behaviour and Culture
- NPQ in Leading Literacy.
Funding
As part of the government’s long-term education recovery plan, funding for NPQ training scholarships will remain available in academic year 2023-24. Additional funding for certain schools and settings is also available.
Targeted support funding
The Department has updated the Targeted Support Fund offer for the 2023-24 academic year. For each teacher or leader they employ who takes an NPQ in the 2023 to 2024 academic year:
- State-funded primary schools with one to 150 pupils will receive a grant payment of £800
- State-funded primary schools with more than 150 pupils will receive a grant payment of £200
- State-funded secondary schools and state-funded 16 to 19 educational settings with one to 600 pupils will receive a grant payment of £200.
Find out more about funding here.
Do I need qualified teacher status (QTS)?
No! NPQs are valuable professional development for anybody working in a relevant role in a school - for example:
- The NPQ in Leading Behaviour and Culture is ideal for pastoral support staff
- The NPQ in Early Years Leadership is specifically aimed at childminders and nursery staff
- The NPQ in Senior Leadership can be valuable for support staff in senior leadership roles such as designated safeguarding lead (DSL).
You will need a teacher reference number (TRN) to apply for an NPQ. If you do not have QTS you can still get a TRN - simply follow the steps here.
How to apply
For all courses apart from the EHCO:
For the EHCO:
