NPQs for International
Schools has moved!
For over a decade, we’ve been delivering high-quality, contextualised CPD and leadership training.
With our brand-new website, we're making it even easier for you to access the same fantastic NPQs you know and trust - on a platform designed just for international schools.
Visit New International NPQ Portal
National Professional Qualifications & Special Educational Needs Awards
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Early Years Special Educational Needs (ECSEN) Award
This programme is ideal for international educators who support children with SEN or oversee SEN provision.
NPQs are a suite of qualifications accredited by England's Department for Education, tailored specifically for international school leaders and teachers.
Specialist NPQs
This programme is ideal for teachers who have, or are aspiring to have, responsibilities for leading the development of other teachers in their school.
This programme is ideal 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 Behaviour & Culture (NPQLBC)
This programme is ideal for teachers who have, or are aspiring to have, responsibilities for leading behaviour and culture and/or supporting pupil well-being in their school.
Leadership NPQs
This programme is ideal for school leaders who are, or are aspiring to be, a senior leader with cross-school responsibilities.
This programme gives you the necessary skills to support children with special educational needs(SEN). Designed for current and aspiring SENCOs and school leaders.
National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH)
This 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.
This programme is ideal for school leaders who are, or are aspiring to be, an executive headteacher with responsibility for leading more than one school.
What are National Professional Qualifications (NPQs)?
The prestigious National Professional Qualifications (NPQs), already widely recognised and trusted by the international schools sector, are accredited by England's Department for Education.
They are designed to help you hone and develop the skills you already have, helping you become a more effective school leader and teacher in your school context.
Why Choose Us?
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Accredited by the UK Department for Education (DfE), Best Practice Network is the leading provider of the National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) globally.
Our NPQ provision has expanded rapidly across the international schools community with leaders and their schools choosing professional qualification as a driver for improvement and a mark of quality for their workforce.
Best Practice Network is an international, school-led partnership recently rated as ‘exceptional’ by the DfE Quality Assurance Agent.
The quality review was based on the DfE National Professional Qualification (NPQ) Quality Framework. The reviewers examined leadership and governance, face-to-face delivery, online courses, candidate, facilitator and tutor support, assessment, organisation, quality control, marketing and recruitment, as well as the DfE metrics and impact. The reviewers identified exceptional performance in most areas of the Quality Framework.
Read the full summary of our DfE Quality Review results here.