National Professional Qualifications (NPQs)
National Professional Qualifications NPQs are a national, voluntary suite of qualifications, designed to support the professional development of teachers and leaders.
Flexibly Delivered Around Your Timetable
Award 30-100 Master's Credits
Free to Access for State Funded Schools in England
Apply Now for Autumn 2024
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National Professional Qualifications (NPQs)
The National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) are a suite of DfE accredited qualifications for school leaders, designed to support professional development - helping school leaders and teachers become more effective.
All of the qualifications are based on NPQ Frameworks which draw from the very latest evidence and research and complete the golden thread, running from initial teacher training through to school leadership, rooting teacher and school leader development in the best available evidence and collective wisdom of the profession.
Specialist NPQs
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Leadership NPQs
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Our NPQ in Headship (NPQH) programme is ideal for school leaders who are, or are aspiring to be, a headteacher or head of school with responsibility for leading a school. Find out more
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Scholarships
Scholarship information for the Autumn 2024 Cohort has not yet been announced by the Department for Education.
Submit your application and once we have confirmation on scholarship funding, we will be in touch with you.
Apprenticeships
We offer two Apprenticeships with NPQ programmes which come with either the full NPQH or NPQEL. These apprenticeships offer extra support and training and lead to participants being awarded an extra recognised apprenticeship standard as well as the full NPQ - funding for these programmes comes by way of the Apprenticeship Levy. The following Apprenticeships with NPQs are available:
Why Choose OLP?
Outstanding Leaders Partnership is a national, school-led partnership with 10 years experience of providing relevant, focused high-quality professional development across the education sector.
By choosing OLP schools can be confident that the programmes their staff will follow are founded upon the following four pillars.
1. Our programmes are evidence-based
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The content of our programmes is based upon the latest research into effective teaching and leadership strategies.
The processes underpinning our programme design encourage participants to rigorously explore and test these research findings in their own contexts.
2. Our programmes focus on implementation
We know that providing teachers and leaders with evidence of effective strategies for improving outcomes for children and young people is essential, but alone this is not sufficient if planned changes are to become
deep-rooted and sustained. Leaders also need to understand the complexities involved when implementing change. Our programmes provide high-quality guidance on the tools and techniques available
3. Our programmes measure impact
We constantly challenge our participants, and ourselves, to ask ‘what difference is this making to children in your school’? This is a theme visited at regular intervals during our programmes and culminates in an individual end of programme impact review.
We know our programmes do make a difference as evidenced through our Annual Reviews and a DfE Review which commended OLP’s ‘exceptional performance’ against most areas of their Quality Framework.
4. Our programmes are part of the Golden Thread
By consistently choosing OLP schools can be confident that their staff are developing shared understandings and a common professional language which will support, enrich, and enhance their school improvement strategies.
NPQ + Apprenticeship
Stand out from the crowd and complete NPQH or NPQEL whilst at the same time working towards either the Level 5 Manager Standard or Level 7 Revised Senior Leader standard.
These programmes are funded by the Apprenticeship Levy or government co-investment and come with a whole raft of extra support, resources and content compared with completing a standalone NPQ.
Participants receive added support in the form of monthly meetings with a dedicated Apprenticeship Tutor. Our Apprenticeship Tutors are themselves experienced school leaders and headteachers and are able to offer invaluable assistance and advice for the duration of the programme.
Give the team a call on 0117 920 9428 to find out more.
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