NPQ Funding Update
From autumn 2024, scholarship funding to cover the full NPQ course cost will be available to teachers and leaders from:
· the 50% of schools with the highest proportion of students who attract pupil premium funding
· 16 to 19 educational settings identified as having high disadvantage
For the early years leadership NPQ, highly disadvantaged early years settings will also be eligible.
To find out if you school is eligible for National Professional Qualification funding, click on this link Schools. .
The following NPQs are available in teaching:
| Leading Teacher Development | Learn how to become a teacher educator and successfully support teachers in your school to expand their skills. |
| Leading Teaching | Learn how to lead the teaching and learning of a subject, year group or phase. |
| Leading Behaviour and Culture | Learn how to create a culture of good behaviour and high expectations in which staff and pupils can thrive. |
| Leading Literacy | Learn how to effectively teach and promote literacy across the whole school, year group, key stage or phase. |
| Leading Primary Mathematics |
Help your school use mastery approaches and teach maths effectively.
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The following NPQs are available in leadership:
| Senior Leadership | Develop your leadership knowledge and expertise to improve outcomes for teachers and pupils in your school. |
| Headship | Develop the knowledge that underpins expert school leadership and apply it to become an outstanding headteacher. |
| Executive Leadership | Develop the expertise you need to become an outstanding executive leader, leading change and improvement across your group of schools or multi-academy trust. |
| Early Years Leadership | Develop expertise in leading high-quality early years education and care, as well as effective staff and organisational management. |
| SENCO | Gain essential knowledge and skills to perform a SENCO role effectively and set the strategic direction of special educational needs policy in a school. Courses will begin in autumn 2024. |
Scholarships will continue to be available to ALL teachers and leaders from publicly funded schools and 16 to 19 educational organisations for the following NPQs:
· leading primary mathematics
· special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCO)
· headship
Leading teacher development NPQ
· For the leading teacher development NPQ, scholarship funding is available for people who are, or will be, taking on the role of lead mentor for an initial teacher training provider accredited to deliver initial teacher training from September 2024.
Early headship coaching offer
· For the early headship coaching offer, funding to cover the course fees will be available if you are in your first 5 years of headship in England in a state-funded school or state-funded 16 to 19 organisation. You should also be doing or have done the headship NPQ.