Specialist NPQs

NPQ in Leading Teacher Development 

Our NPQ in Leading Teacher Development (NPQLTD) programme  is ideal for teachers who have, or are aspiring to have, responsibilities for leading the development of other teachers in their school. 

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NPQ in Leading Teaching 

Our NPQ in Leading Teaching (NPQLT) 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. 

 

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NPQ in Leading Behaviour and Culture 

Our NPQ in Leading Behaviour and Culture (NPQLBC) 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. 

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Leadership NPQs

NPQ in Senior Leadership  

Our NPQ in Senior Leadership (NPQSL) programme is ideal for school leaders who are, or are aspiring to be, a senior leader with cross-school responsibilities. 

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NPQ in Headship  

Our NPQ in Headship (NPQH) 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. 

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NPQ in Executive Leadership  

Our NPQ in Executive Leadership (NPQEL) programme is ideal for school leaders who are, or are aspiring to be, an executive headteacher with responsibility for leading more than one school. 

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Apprenticeships with NPQs

The following Apprenticeship programmes offer a standalone NPQ with the added benefits of extended leadership training, extra content & resources and the wraparound support offered by a dedicated Apprenticeship Tutor. Funding comes by way of a school's Apprenticeship Levy pot or government co-investment.

Senior Leaders Apprenticeship with NPQSL 

The Senior Leaders Apprenticeship with NPQSL Level 5 has been designed for aspiring, or recently appointed, senior leaders looking to improve their leadership capability and capacity.     

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Headteacher Apprenticeship with NPQH 

The Headteacher Apprenticeship with NPQH Level 7 has been designed for aspiring or recently appointed executive leaders looking to improve their leadership capability. 

 

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 Executive Leaders Apprenticeship with NPQEL 

The Executive Leaders Apprenticeship with NPQEL Level 7 has been designed for aspiring or recently appointed executive leaders looking to improve their leadership capability. 

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Why Choose OLP?

Outstanding Leaders Partnership is a national, school-led partnership recently rated an ‘exceptional training provider’ by the DfE Quality Assurance Agent.  It is supported by Best Practice Network.

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, participant, 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.

Our Impact

Outstanding Leaders Partnership has trained over 12,000 school leaders since 2017 and together with Best Practice Network is the leading training provider to education professionals in England.

In addition to the National Professional Qualifications, we offer school leader and early years apprenticeships, Early Years Initial Teacher Training, the National Award for SEN Coordination, Higher Level Teaching Assistant status and the level 4 diploma for School Business Managers. 

We are also excited to be able to add training and support for Early Career Teachers and their Mentors to our programme suite as a DfE approved national provider for the Early Career Framework reforms.

 We exceed a 93% pass rate across all our programmes

  We have exceeded DfE metrics for the NPQs for school leaders for the last 5 years – see metrics here

  97% of candidates would recommend us to a colleague

Key Principles of the Outstanding Leaders Partnership

The partnership is supported by Best Practice Network (BPN), an accredited and award-winning national organisation that specialises in professional development training for schools and nurseries.

Why choose us?

By choosing us, schools can be confident that the programmes their staff will follow are founded upon the following four pillars:

1. The content of our programmes are based upon the latest research into effective teaching and leadership strategies.
   The processes underpinning our programme design encourage participants to rigorously explore and test these research findings in their own contexts.

2. We know that providing teachers and leaders with evidence of effective strategies for improving outcomes for children and young people is essential, but alone this is not sufficient if planned changes are to become deep-rooted and sustained. Leaders also need to understand the complexities involved when implementing change. Our programmes provide high-quality guidance on the tools and techniques available.
3. We constantly challenge our participants and ourselves to ask 'what difference is this making to children in your school?' This is a theme visited at regular intervals during our programmes and culminates in an individual end of programme impact review. We know our programmes do make a difference as evidenced through our Annual Reviews and through DfE Reviews which commended OLP's 'exceptional performance' against most areas of their Quality Framework.
4. By consistently choosing OLP, schools can be confident that their staff are developing shared understandings and a common professional language which will support, enrich, and enhance their school improvement strategies.