National Professional Qualification
Whether you're at a Church of England, Catholic, state or independent school, and wherever you are in your career, we have the qualifications to help you transform your professional practice and make a difference to your pupils. 99.5% of our Alumni say our NPQs had a positive impact in their role.
Applications for Spring 2025 open on Monday 10th February.
The full application process consists of 3 stages:
Stage One – complete the DFE registration
Stage Two – complete the NSE application form
Stage Three – Sponsor Endorsement form submitted successfully
From Monday 10th February click the apply now button below to complete stage one.
Upon successful submission of stage one, you will then receive an email with the link to the NSE application form.
If you require any support please email npqapplication@churchofengland.org
Scholarship Funding Spring 2025
Funding for Spring 2025 will target those teachers and leaders who work in the most challenging schools or educational settings, serving more disadvantaged communities.
NPQ Funding for those serving communities with higher levels of disadvantage
Scholarship funding to cover the full NPQ course cost, of any NPQ, may be available to teachers and leaders from:
the 50% of schools with the highest proportion of students who attract pupil premium funding
16 to 19 educational settings identified as having high disadvantage
Universal funding for NPQs
The following courses are funded for staff in any school/college or maintained nursery:
Leading Primary Maths
SENCO
Headship
Again, there are limited funded places available so, even if you are in a school which meets the above criteria, we cannot guarantee you a funded place this year.
Which NPQ is for you?
Our range of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) offers tailored pathways to suit your career goals, school development priorities and expertise. Whether you’re seeking to enhance your classroom practice, take on a leadership role, or specialise in a particular area, our NPQs provide the knowledge, skills, and practical experience you need to make a positive impact. The following section explores the NPQs available to help you discover the NPQ that’s perfect for your journey.
Specialist NPQs
We offer 4 specialist NPQs. All our specialist NPQs are 12 months long, include online study which you can access flexibly, include coaching and help you to develop your leadership and broaden your whole school impact:
NPQLT (Leading Teaching)
NPQLBC (Leading Behaviour and Culture)
NPQLTD (Leading Teacher Development)
NPQLPM (Leading Primary Mathematics)
Leadership NPQ
We offer 4 leadership NPQs:
NPQSENCO (Statutory qualification for SENCOs)
NPQSL (Senior Leadership)
NPQH (Headship)
NPQEL (Executive Leadership)
All our leadership NPQs are 18 months long, include online study which you can access flexibly, include coaching and help you to develop yourself as a senior leader and broaden your whole school impact.
Our delivery partners
We have a network of local schools, universities, Dioceses and trusts that will deliver face-to-face sessions in a venue in your region. This has the added benefit of allowing you to network and collaborate with peers from your local area who understand your context. Whilst some locations are still to be confirmed, you can expect courses in different locations across a number of regions.
How to apply
Applications for Spring 2025 open on Monday 10th February 2025. The application process has 3 stages, please complete this form as stage 1 and we will be in touch.
Ofsted
Our NPQ provision was inspected in June 2024, when we were judged to be Outstanding.