School Improvement Library

Archive of Legacy NPQ School Improvement Projects

The National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) were reformed in 2021. The reforms saw changes to the NPQ assessment criteria so that NPQ participants no longer had to complete a School Improvement Project.

School Improvement Projects saw participants lead real and sustainable change in their schools and we have decided to leave an archive of some of the most impactful projects available online. We hope they can be used to inspire change at your school and thank the NPQ participants involved in the projects for allowing us to share them.


We invite colleagues to view a range of archive School Improvement Projects online.





Improving outcomes for disadvantaged students using science
  February 17 2020
Improving outcomes for disadvantaged students using science
Improving Childcare Provision in the Falkland Islands
  February 04 2020
To increase  the proportion of children entering FS1 demonstrating knowledge skills and abilities that reflect their age-related expectations in order to positively impact on the school’s target from the school improvement plan (SIP) ‘to raise and maintain good levels of progress and attainment in all early learning goals’.
To improve the percentage of pupils attaining greater depth
  May 31 2019
Children were not transferring the skills that they had acquired in English lessons into the written work of the foundation subjects - the project aimed to address this by improving the quality of teaching, learning and achievement .
Improving the quality of outdoor learning
  May 31 2019
Improving the quality of outdoor learning in order to increase learning behaviours and the percentage of lower attaining boys’ that achieve the expected standard at the end of Key Stage 2
Closing the gap between FSM and non FSM pupils in Year 11 English
  April 25 2019
Whole school and departmental priority to improve outcomes for FSM pupils
Targeted Intervention Programme for Year 11 GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition Pupils
  April 03 2019
Middle Leader at a Secondary School in the North West region considers targeted Intervention Programme for Year 11 GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition Pupils