We are delighted to confirm that Ambition Institute has extended the deadline to apply for an NPQ, to Tuesday 21 October.

To secure your place on the only cohort running this year, make sure you have registered with DfE and completed your application no later than 11.59pm on the 21st.

The Julian TSH is offering the following qualifications in 2025-26:

• NPQ in Headship: fully funded for all schools
• NPQ for SENCOs: fully funded for all schools
• NPQ in Senior Leadership: funded for some schools
• NPQ in Leading Literacy: funded for some schools.

If your setting qualifies for funding for the NPQSL and NPQLL, your headteacher will have been alerted to this by the Julian TSH.

Find out more, including how to apply, here.

Read what past participants had to say about their experience studying for the NPQH, here.

Learn how studying for the NPQLL supports 2026's National Year of Reading, here.

Read our case study on making NPQs work in a stand-alone school, here.