National Professional Qualifications (NPQs)
Please submit your application before the 24th October.
Our suite of National Professional Qualifications are designed to support aspiring and current leaders in schools to grow and develop the skills needed to have real impact on the lives of young people and fellow colleagues.
Please note – The Autumn 2025 cohort is the only opportunity to begin an NPQ in the 2025–26 academic year. Your next opportunity won’t be until November 2026, due to the Department for Education moving to a single annual cohort model from November 2025.
Scholarship funding will remain available for eligible teachers and leaders in publicly funded schools and 16–19 settings during the 2025 intake. However, there is no guarantee that scholarship funding will be available in 2026.
Working in partnership with Best Practice Network, we are proud to be a delivery partner for a range of professional development programmes to support teachers and school leaders at all levels – from new teachers through to senior leaders engaging with both specialist and leadership National Professional Qualifications.
Scholarship funding is still available but limited – complete your applications ASAP to secure a scholarship funded space as BPN will have allocated all funding soon.
With the Easter break falling in the two weeks post deadline, make sure your sponsor has confirmed your application and all parts and DfE registrations are submitted before you are no longer contactable.
For Spring 2025 NPQ scholarship funding will target those teachers, aspiring leaders and current senior leaders who work in the most challenging schools and education settings, serving the most disadvantaged communities.
Scholarship funding to cover the full NPQ course cost with Services For Education will 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
Scholarship funding continues to be available to all teachers and leaders from publicly funded schools and 16 to 19 educational organisations for the following NPQs with Services For Education:
- leading primary maths
- headship
See if your school is eligible using our Initial NPQ Eligibility Checker – please note application will be subject to final DfE checks
Type in your school name or postcode to check
If you can’t find your school then please do still get in contact with us to see if we are able to help you.