NPQ for Senior Leadership
Leading within a school is complex.
Although the role varies, many senior leaders contribute to all aspects of the school through the leadership team and have a specific whole school responsibility of their own.
This means the role is often both operational and strategic and relies on working with and through colleagues, particularly middle leaders, to ensure every pupil gets an excellent education.
Those in this role need to have a strong understanding of their context, community and the pupils and adults they work with. They also need to have a depth of expertise across several specialist areas related to their role (eg curriculum and assessment, behaviour, organisational management) and in approaches that, through working with their colleagues, enable their school to keep improving (eg professional development and implementation).
They must understand the relationship between these different domains, how they can change over time, and how to contribute to a culture and conditions in which staff and pupils can thrive, all while maintaining the highest professional conduct as set out in the Teachers and Headteachers’ Standards.
That means developing expertise in leading within a school is also complex.
This programme is a codification of essential knowledge, skills and concepts that underpin successful leadership within a school. It sets out what those leading within a school should know and can do within the specialist areas related to their role and approaches that enable their school to improve.
This NPQ is fully funded by the DfE.
Who is the NPQ for Senior Leadership for?
This NPQ is for school leaders who are or are aspiring to be senior leaders with cross-school responsibilities.
What does the programme include?
The key sections of the qualification are as follows:
- School Culture
- Teaching
- Curriculum and Assessment
- Behaviour
- Additional and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
- Professional Development
- Organisational Management
- Implementation
- Working in Partnership
- Governance and Accountability
Download the full specification NPQ for Senior Leadership here
This course will be a highly practical blended programme with opportunities to reflect on best practice and hear from excellent leaders who deliver in these areas both locally and nationally.
When does the programme start?
February 2023
Fully funded by the DfE
For staff from state-funded schools or 16-19 organisations in England, places are fully funded by the DfE. There will be no cost to the participant.
You can study towards more than one NPQ, but will only be eligible for funding for each NPQ once. If you withdraw from or fail your programme, you will not be funded again for the same NPQ.
If you aren't eligible for funding, the cost is £865.
Find out more
To find out more about the NPQ in Senior Leadership with the National Institute of Teaching please visit their website:
Why Windsor Academy Trust?
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