National Professional Qualification in Senior Leadership (NPQSL)

We are pleased to announce that we are partnering with Ambition Institute to deliver the new NPQ for Senior Leadership. This 18-month programme helps participants to develop their leadership knowledge and expertise to improve outcomes for teachers and pupils in their schools.

Those doing the training will learn:

• How to enact positive change across their school.
• Evidence-based knowledge taught by leadership experts.
• To support colleagues to meet individual needs and make sure all pupils have access to a rich curriculum.

How you will learn:

• The programme is delivered through blended learning over a period of 18 months.  This includes a mix of face-to-face conferences, real-time, interactive online sessions and self-guided modules to complete in your own time. You will put what you learn into practice in your school, tracking your progress and getting feedback as you go.
  • 2 x full day conferences (facilitated, in-person)
  • 9 x courses (each course lasts six weeks and loosely aligned to a school half term).  Each course includes six modules which you complete on Steplab, your online learning platform.
  •  6 x two-hour clinics (facilitated, online 4-6pm)
  • 1 x two-hour assessment clinic (facilitated, in-person)
  • 5 x communities (1hr 15mins group sessions)

Benefits to your school:

• Learning backed by the latest evidence.
• Create a leadership pipeline.
• Attract and retain teaching staff.

NPQ suitability:

• Suitable for: Must be, or are aspiring to be, a senior leader with cross-school responsibilities.  Participants must be middle leadership or above currently. 
• Example roles: Assistant Headteacher | Associate Assistant Headteacher | Deputy Headteacher/Vice Principal | Head of Faculty/Department/Subject | Head of Year | Head of Early Years | Second in Maths | SENCO | Head of ITT | Head of Primary Key Stage/Head of Early Years
• Not suitable for: Early Career Teachers (ECTs) | Class teacher | Headteacher | Executive Headteacher

Cost:

• New for Autumn 2024!  DfE-funded scholarships for this NPQ will target those teachers and leaders who work in the most challenging schools or educational settings, serving more disadvantaged communities.

• For the NPQSL, funded scholarships will be available for those who meet the following criteria:
  • Are, or are aspiring to be, a senior leader with cross-school responsibilities.
  • Work in the 50% of schools with the highest proportion of students who attract pupil premium funding and 16 to 19 educational settings identified as having high disadvantage in England.
• We expect more eligibility information, including which schools and settings will be able to access this funding, to be provided by the DfE in the summer term.

• If you don't work in an eligible school, the NPQSL costs £1,139 plus VAT.

Find out more:

• See the 'find out more - NPQSL' flyer below. 

Interested?

• Our next NPQSL cohort commences Autumn 2024.  If you wish to register your interest, please complete this form https://forms.office.com/e/1ttrSqc1MT and the Hub will contact you nearer the time.