National Professional Qualifications
If you are actively participating in one of our NPQ programmes, please visit the 'Hub library-NPQ' tab of our website.
Are you ready? Our next NPQ cohorts commence November 2026. See 'Apply for your NPQ' for details.
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. See 'Explore NPQs for further details on each programme.
Watch to find out what our NPQ delegates have to say about the benefits of partaking in an NPQ programme.
Watch to find out what our senior leaders think of the impact their staff undertaking NPQs has on pupils.
Ambition Blogs
- Using National Professional Qualifications across a school | Ambition Institute
- How the NPQs grow your knowledge and expertise | Ambition Institute
- What are the benefits of National Professional Qualifications? | Ambition Institute
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.
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