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Apply for Spring 2024
Fully-funded for you
As an invitation recipient, you are eligible for a full scholarship for NPQLTD.
The Department for Education has confirmed that it will fully fund your place on the NPQLTD Spring 2024 Intake.
National Qualifications, Local Delivery
We work with a fantastic NPQ Delivery Partner Network made up of England's leading Teaching School Hubs (TSHs), MATs and other schools groups to deliver NPQs across England.
By working with local schools groups, we ensure that these national qualifications are contextualised to your locality with Face-to-Face events facilitated by local experts and held in local schools. Click the map to the right to find your nearest group.
Online-only groups
Face-to-Face events are one of the most popular aspects of the NPQLTD and we always advise NPQLTD participants to attend where possible.
However, if you are unable to take time off school to attend the 3 Face-to-Face events an online-only option is available.
Our online-only NPQLTD substitutes the Face-to-Face events with facilitated online webinars and awards the same DfE-accredited NPQLTD certificate.
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At a glance
Course duration
12 Months
Face-to-face Events
3
Online learning
34 hours
Coaching
5 hours
Total Learning Hours
74 hours
Hear from our NPQLTD participants and facilitators
Hear directly from a previous NPQLTD participant and Laura Saunders, the lead facilitator for Specialist NPQs.
Benefits for participants
- Become adept in supporting initial teacher training, early career teachers as well as the wider development of all colleagues across the school
- Develop expertise across a number of specialist areas related to their role (e.g. designing professional development)
- Purpose-built virtual learning environment enabled for mobiles and tablets
- Support to pass the final assessment
- Content contextualised for your locality and updated to reflect national developments and legislation
- Facilitation and support from serving school leaders in outstanding schools and delivery at local venues
Benefits for Schools
- A leader with the ability to plan the effective delivery of in-house professional development activities targeted specifically at the school’s identified needs thus securing greater impact on staff, potential cost savings and better value for money
- Regular progress updates for mentors and headteachers
- Support succession of school leaders and build a cohesive, impact-focused school leadership team
- A professionally aware and informed leader who can make evidence-based decisions and approach leading teacher development in an effective and efficient manner
- The ability to review and evaluate practice in order to bring about change and get the best outcomes for young people and staff within the organisation
Scholarships
Full NPQ scholarships, covering the entire cost of the qualifications, are available for all colleagues working in state-funded schools, across all phases. As well as state-funded schools, all state-funded organisations that offer 16 to 19 places in England are eligible for full NPQ scholarships.
There is no limit to how many scholarships a single school can receive but please bear in mind that NPQ participants will attend Face-to-Face events during term time as part of the course. Online-only NPQ delivery is available to candidates on request.
Scholarships have been confirmed for the Autumn NPQ intake as part of the government’s long-term education recovery plan.
From autumn 2022, organisations eligible to access scholarships include:
- State-funded schools
- State-funded 16 to 19 organisations
- Independent special schools
- Virtual schools (local authority run organisations that support the education of children in care)
- Hospital schools not already included in other categories of eligible organisations
- Young offender institutions
Local authority employed supply teachers will also be able to access scholarships.
Targeted Support funding
The department has updated the Targeted Support Fund offer for the 2023 to 2024 academic year to further incentivise state-funded schools and state-funded 16-19 educational settings in England to participate in NPQs.
For each teacher or leader they employ who takes an NPQ in the 2023 to 2024 academic year:
- State-funded primary schools with one to 150 pupils will receive a grant payment of £800
- State-funded primary schools with more than 150 pupils will recieve a grant payment of £200
- State-funded secondary schools and state-funded 16 to 19 educational settings with one to 600 pupils will recieve a grant payment of £200
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Other NPQs
A total of 8 fully-funded NPQs are available to teachers in state-funded schools and academies in England.
Take a look at the brochures below to find out more.