National Professional Qualifications

In 18 months, you will develop your leadership knowledge and expertise to grow as a leader in our diverse early years sector.

In 18 months, you will develop your leadership knowledge and expertise to improve outcomes for teachers and pupils in your school.

Within 18 months, you will develop the knowledge that underpins expert school leadership and apply it to become an effective headteacher.

Are you a new headteacher in your first 5 years of the role? Available alongside the NPQH, our EHCO partners you with an experienced Headteacher coach to provide you with personalised support and guidance so you can solve problems relevant to your school's context.

In 18 months, and delivered locally for the first time this year, you will develop your leadership knowledge and expertise to become an effective executive leader, leading change and improvement across a group of schools or multi-academy trust.

In 12 months this programme will help you to discover what outstanding teaching looks like and use this knowledge to become a high performing leader of teaching.

In 12 months, this programme will support you to develop expertise in behaviour management and discover how to create a culture where staff and pupils can thrive.

In 12 months this programme will help you become a true champion of literacy. You’ll develop a thorough understanding of how you can improve literacy in your subject, phase and school, using the latest evidence-based research.

In this 12-month programme, you’ll benefit from our evidence-informed curriculum to help you build your knowledge as a leader of mathematics.

In 18 months, you will develop your leadership knowledge and expertise to grow as a leader of SEND. This is a new course designed for SENCOs. It begins in autumn 2024 and replaces the NASENCO qualification.

In 12 months this programme will support you to gain knowledge to become a teacher educator and successfully support teachers in your school to expand their skills.