National Professional Qualifications
If you are actively participating in one of our NPQ programmes, please visit the 'Hub library-NPQ' tab of our website.
**Registrations are now open for NPQ programmes commencing November 2025. See our 'How to apply for your NPQ' page for details. Deadline for applications is Thursday 16 October 2025.**
Please note, there will be one intake only in the 2025/26 academic year; no other NPQ cohorts will be available.
National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) are trusted, transferable qualifications for educational professionals. Accredited by the DfE, NPQs are designed to refresh existing skills and provide high quality professional development for teachers and leaders.
Partnering with our lead provider, Ambition Institute, we offer the five specialist and five leadership NPQ programmes. The duration of the programmes varies between 12-18 months dependent upon the NPQ selected.
Click on the Specialist NPQ or Leadership NPQ sections opposite for more information including details on how to apply.
Watch to find out what our NPQ delegates have to say about the benefits of partaking in an NPQ programme.
Find out what our senior leaders think of the impact their staff undertaking NPQs has on pupils.
Working with Ambition Institute
Ambition Institute's NPQ programmes benefit all participants as content is centred on the persistent problems faced in schools. Each NPQ programme is created with a carefully sequenced curriculum to support teachers and leaders getting better over time.
The programmes broaden and deepen expertise in specialist areas and include flexible blended learning to fit around busy timetables with minimal time out of school.
To find out more about Ambition Institute, click the link below:
