National Professional Qualifications
If you are actively participating in one of our NPQ programmes, please visit the 'Hub library-NPQ' tab of our website.
**Register for an NPQ now!**
If you are interested in undertaking an NPQ with our next cohort, please register with Ambition Institute, our lead provider, via this link NPQ programme page. Select your chosen NPQ and then click on 'Register now'.
Following registration, you will also need to register with the DfE via this link Register for a national professional qualification. Please note, the portal is currently closed. When it opens you will be emailed the link so you can complete your registration.
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.
Costs
If you do not work in a school/setting that is eligible for funding, or our funded places are full, then the table below gives an indication of the cost of each NPQ programme (exact costs are awaited from the DfE).
| NPQ | Approx. cost |
| H | £2,000 |
| SENCO | £1,350 |
| SL | £1,200 |
| EYL | £1,200 |
| LBC | £900 |
| LT | £900 |
| LTD | £900 |
| LL | £900 |
| LPM | £900 |
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:
For current participants, visit our NPQ Hub Library here for specific programme and cohort information and resources.