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Newly Reformed NPQ provision – launching November 2021.

Forest Learning Alliance are a formal Delivery Partner of the Education Development Trust (Lead Provider on both the Early Career Framework and new National Professional Qualifications programmes).

We are offering an evidence-based and highly impactful professional development pathway for teachers and leaders at all levels, which will make a tangible impact on classroom practice, school culture and pupil outcomes.

Below is an overview of the framework for the specialist and leadership NPQs.

The specialist NPQs include: Leading Teaching, Leading Teacher Development, and Leading Behaviour and Culture.

The leadership NPQs include: Senior Leadership, Headship, and Executive Leadership.

Please see the below information, taken from the Content Frameworks produced by Department for Education, which you may find useful in deciding which NPQ is the right choice for you:

• National Professional Qualification for Leading Teacher Development (NPQLTD) – for teachers who have, or are aspiring to have, responsibilities for leading the development of other teachers in their school. They may have responsibilities for the development of all teachers across a school or specifically trainees or teachers who are early in their career. 

• National Professional Qualification for Leading Behaviour and Culture (NPQLBC) – for teachers who have, or are aspiring to have, responsibilities for leading behaviour and/or supporting pupil wellbeing in their school.

• National Professional Qualification for Leading Teaching (NPQLT) – for teachers who have, or are aspiring to have, responsibilities for leading teaching in a subject, year group, key stage or phase.

• National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership (NPQSL) – for school leaders who are, or are aspiring to be, a senior leader with cross-school responsibilities.

• National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) – for school leaders who are, or are aspiring to be, a head teacher or head of school with responsibility for leading a school.

• National Professional Qualification for Executive Leadership (NPQEL) – for school leaders who are, or are aspiring to be, an executive headteacher or have a school trust CEO role with responsibility for leading several schools

There is also an additional support offer available for new headteachers and those that have/are/will be engaging in an NPQH. It is called the New Headteacher Programme, please see below for further information on this …

An additional support offer has been designed for new headteachers. The programme is for participants at any stage of their NPQH (pre/post/during) or any headteacher in their first 2 years in post. The offer is designed to:
• work alongside NPQH to tackle the high attrition levels of head teachers newly in post
• address well evidenced challenges, allowing head teachers to feel part of a supportive community that fosters confidence, self belief & “perspective”
• enable new head teachers to:
– apply NPQH knowledge & skills to their context
– thrive through building support networks
– sustain themselves using social & psychological resources for leadership

There will be four entry points per academic year, and the programme format is a flexible roll-on, roll-off model and supported with Communities of Practice (10 monthly 3 hour sessions) with additional mentoring & range of other collaboration opportunities.