Leaders’ Insights October 2023

Policy Updates

We have dedicated webpage updating school and trust leaders on professional development related reports and policies. This will be added to as material is released.

Leadership NPQs

We also offer all 4 Leadership National Professional Qualifications (NPQs). They are also currently fully funded to state funded schools and there are small school grant for releasing staff.

NPQ in Early Years Leadership

For leaders qualified to at least level 3 with a full and relevant qualification who are, or are aspiring to be: childminders with leadership responsibilities; managers of private, voluntary and independent nurseries; headteachers of school-based or maintained nurseries.

NPQ in Senior Leadership

For school leaders who are, or are aspiring to be, a senior leader with cross-school responsibilities.

NPQ in Headship

For school leaders who are, or are aspiring to be, a headteacher or head of school with responsibility for leading a school.

NPQ in Executive Leadership

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.

We work in partnership with our Local Area Leads to coordinate training cohorts across Halton, Warrington and Wigan.

We are a licenced NPQ delivery partner for both Best Practice Network and Teach First.

Applications for February 2024

The cohorts starting this Autumn are now being finalised. The next fully funded wave of NPQs will be starting in February 2024 and applications open from November.

2024 NPQ News

You will also find the newly released frameworks for NPQ in Primary Maths (starting Spring 2024) and NPQ in Leading SEN (starting Autumn 2024) available on the DfE website.

The frameworks provide the evidence base and competencies that the programmes will deliver.

More details will be released as the programmes are published.