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The specialist NPQs include: Leading Literacy, Leading Teaching, Leading Teacher Development, and Leading Behaviour and Culture.
The leadership NPQs include: Early Years Leadership, Senior Leadership, Headship, and Executive Leadership.

Below are information sheets for each NPQ, an overview of the frameworks and associated scholarship funding eligibility criteria for each one.

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:

LEADERSHIP NPQs:

• 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 (delivered centrally by EDT)
• 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 Senior Leadership (NPQSL) – for school leaders who are, or are aspiring to be, a senior leader with cross-school responsibilities.
• National Professional Qualification for Early Years Leadership (NPQEYL) – for leaders qualified to at least level 3 with a full and relevant qualification:
  – managers of private, voluntary and independent nurseries
  – headteachers of school-based or maintained nurseries
  – childminders with leadership responsibilities

SPECIALIST NPQs:

• National Professional Qualification for Leading Literacy (NPQLL) – for teachers who have, or are aspiring to have, responsibilities for leading literacy across a school, year group, key stage or phase.
• 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 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.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT:

Early Headship Coaching Offer (EHCO) – for any headteacher in their first five years of headship who has either previously completed an NPQH, is currently studying an NPQH, or would like to study both the NPQH and EHCO concurrently.

This programme offers you:

• local mini-groupings that will help you to establish relationships and foster networks
• a bespoke online diagnostic survey assessing your strengths, confidence and development needs
• an enhanced Community of Practice led by experienced serving headteachers
• face-to-face sessions providing guided professional dialogue and additional mentoring support.
• enhanced collaboration opportunities through shadowing and online spaces for resource sharing and chat.
• a local peer review trio supporting the application of NPQH knowledge in own-school contexts.

Mode of delivery: 10 sessions of 3 hours each – 30 hours in total across the academic year.

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.