NPQLT (National Professional Qualifications for Leading Teaching)
- Programme starts: Autumn 2025 (date TBD)
- Duration: 12 months
- Cost: £1,375
Interested in enrolling in this NPQ programme for Autumn 2025?
The first step is easy. Just let us know your interest by completing the NPQ Interest Form, and we will take you through the journey step-by-step.
This programme is for:
- Teachers who are responsible for any aspect of leading a subject, year group or phase or aspire to leading teaching in your context.
What you will learn:
- School culture – you will strengthen your ability and that of your colleagues to contribute to a school culture in which pupils can thrive and succeed.
- Teaching – you will learn how to support teachers at all levels in your school to develop their knowledge and classroom skills in leading teaching.
- School culture – you will strengthen your ability and that of your colleagues to contribute to a school culture in which pupils can thrive and succeed.
- How pupils learn – you will deepen your knowledge of the best ways to develop, adapt, embed and practice good models of learning across the whole school community.
- Subject and curriculum – you will learn how to support and improve high quality teaching, learning and assessment in your subject or phase.
- Implementation – you will learn how to implement change successfully within your context by understanding the stages of implementation and applying them with the support of your facilitators and colleagues.
Interested in exploring other NPQ Specialist Programmes?
Click on any of the programmes below to learn more.
NPQLPM (NPQ Leading Primary Mathematics)
Teachers and leaders with responsibility for leading maths across a primary key-stage or school, or those who want to have this responsibility.
Cost: £1,375
NPQLTD (NPQ Leading Teacher Development)
For teachers who have, or are aspiring to have, responsibilities for leading teaching in a subject, year group, key stage or phase.
Cost: £1,375
NPQLL (NPQ for Leading Literacy)
A teacher who has, or aspires to have responsibility for leading literacy across a year group, key stage, phase or school.
Cost: £1,375
NPQLBC (NPQ Leading Behaviour and Culture)
A teacher who has, or aspires to have responsibility for leading literacy across a year group, key stage, phase or school.
Cost: £1,375
What’s unique about our programme:
In addition to the DfE required content, our programme includes an Implementation Project which provides you with a great opportunity to reflect on and apply what you have learned throughout the programme in the context of your school, aligning to the EEF process model for school improvement (not assessed).
Programme route map:
Interested in the detailed structure, timeline and the hours you can expect to invest in the programme? Click on the below route map to learn more.
Assessment and accreditation:
To receive the DfE accreditation, you will need to (1) ensure 90% engagement in the programme throughout, and (2) pass the open-book summative case study task scheduled for an eight-day period following the programme completion.
Interested in exploring other NPQ Specialist Programmes?
Click on any of the programmes below to learn more.
NPQLPM (NPQ Leading Primary Mathematics)
Teachers and leaders with responsibility for leading maths across a primary key-stage or school, or those who want to have this responsibility.
Cost: £1,375
NPQLTD (NPQ Leading Teacher Development)
For teachers who have, or are aspiring to have, responsibilities for leading teaching in a subject, year group, key stage or phase.
Cost: £1,375
NPQLL (NPQ for Leading Literacy)
A teacher who has, or aspires to have responsibility for leading literacy across a year group, key stage, phase or school.
Cost: £1,375
NPQLBC (NPQ Leading Behaviour and Culture)
A teacher who has, or aspires to have responsibility for leading literacy across a year group, key stage, phase or school.
Cost: £1,375
Benefits to you:
Our participants have outlined many benefits to studying for a NPQLT. Overall, they outline how the programme has given them professional confidence, time and space to reflect on themselves and the kind of leader they want to become and increased knowledge in their chosen area of study.
You will be able to:
- Develop the skills, confidence and knowledge to implement new professional development initiatives successfully through a supported implementation project.
- Understand how to engage and motivate teachers and colleagues to support their teaching.
- Identify what high quality teaching looks like and recognise the role of teachers in ensuring meaningful success for all teachers.
- Experience opportunities to think and reflect with other teachers and leaders.
- Access new learning that is immediately applicable in your own school context.
- Access research and materials and have many opportunities to discuss a variety of professional development approaches and models with other teachers.
Benefits for your school:
We know that our children and young people need teachers who are committed to their education and are confident learners themselves. Our programmes have been developed with teachers and leaders to:
- Create professionally confident teachers and leaders.
- Grow the next generation of leaders with the skills and knowledge to use the evidence-base for the benefit of their children and young people.
- Retain the best teachers who are excellent, collaborative role models for their schools and communities.
- Inspire leaders who can harness the power of rich learning environments for their children and young people no matter the current circumstances.
Watch: Laura Yandell, Deputy Head, AISL Harrow Hong Kong International School, discusses how NPQ programmes help develop a strong leadership pipeline for the school.
Interested in exploring other NPQ Specialist Programmes?
Click on any of the programmes below to learn more.
NPQLPM (NPQ Leading Primary Mathematics)
Teachers and leaders with responsibility for leading maths across a primary key-stage or school, or those who want to have this responsibility.
Cost: £1,375
NPQLTD (NPQ Leading Teacher Development)
For teachers who have, or are aspiring to have, responsibilities for leading teaching in a subject, year group, key stage or phase.
Cost: £1,375
NPQLL (NPQ for Leading Literacy)
A teacher who has, or aspires to have responsibility for leading literacy across a year group, key stage, phase or school.
Cost: £1,375
NPQLBC (NPQ Leading Behaviour and Culture)
A teacher who has, or aspires to have responsibility for leading literacy across a year group, key stage, phase or school.
Cost: £1,375
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