National Professional Qualification in Early Years Leadership (NPQEYL)

We are pleased to announce that we are partnering with Ambition Institute to deliver the new NPQ for Early Years Leadership (NPQEYL).  Within 18 months, participants will develop expertise in early years leadership helping to give all children up to the age of five the best possible start in life. 

 Those doing the training will learn how to: 

• Set a strategic direction for your early years setting and apply ambitious standards for all children.
• Champion evidence-based practice.
• Plan and deliver care and a high-quality curriculum to support children’s development.
• Establish communication, language and literacy approaches to support children’s learning.
• Identify children who need support and make appropriate referrals.
• Create an environment for all children and colleagues where everyone feels welcome and safe.

How you will learn:

• The programme is delivered through blended learning over a period of 18 months.  This includes a mix of real-time interactive online sessions, face-to-face training, peer-led sessions and self-guided modules which you complete in your own time.
  • 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 early years' setting:

• Create confident leaders of early years education.
• Learn from the latest evidence.
• Give young people the best start.

NPQ suitability:

• You must be:
  • An early years practitioner who is qualified to at least level 3 with a full and relevant early years or teaching qualification.
  • A manager of a private, voluntary or independent early years setting.
  • A headteacher of a school-based or maintained early years setting.
  • An early years foundation stage leader in a state funded school.
  • A childminder with leadership responsibilities.

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 NPQEYL, funded scholarships will be available for those who meet the following criteria:
  • Be an early years practitioner who is qualified to at least level three, with a full and relevant early years or teaching qualification.
  • Work in the 50% of schools with the highest proportion of students who attract pupil premium funding.
  • Highly disadvantaged early years settings will also be eligible.

• We expect more eligibility information and including which schools and settings will be able to access this funding, to be provided by the DfE in the summer term.

• If you do not work in an eligible school, the NPQEYL costs £1,139 plus VAT.

Find out more:

• See the 'find out more - NPQEYL' flyer below. 
• How the NPQEYL can help children thrive

Interested?

• Our next NPQEYL 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.