NPQH with LLSE
National Professional Qualification for Headship
who is it for?
For school leaders who are, or are aspiring to be, a headteacher or head of school with responsibility for leading a school.
The DfE NPQH Framework can be found here.
Areas of Study
- 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
Delivery Model
A flexible and accessible blended learning model combining in-person workshops, online seminars, webinars and a range of independently organised learning activities and peer networking.
| Participant | description | duration |
|---|---|---|
| Face to face workshops | Opportunities to bring learning to life in your context, reflect with other professionals and benefit from expert facilitation. | 16hrs |
| Seminars | In person facilitated online learning to complement in-school implementation and private study. | 10hrs |
| Coaching | The opportunity to unleash your strengths and engage in focussed professional dialogue about your development. | 6hrs |
| Webinars | Engage with virtual learning aligned to your subject / phase / contect allowing for increased specialisation in the content covered. | 8hrs |
| Self-Directed Learning | Engage with a wide range of online content including the EEF evidence base materials. | 10hrs |
| Communities of Practice | Establish and build a community of likeminded leaders serving in your locality as well as participating in regional and national groups where applicable. | 6hrs |
| Self-Audit | Working with your coach and other colleagues to review your development as your progress through the course. | 4hrs |
| Formative Assessment | Opportunities to reflect on the progress you make as you learn more and can do more as a result of your participation and engagement with the NPQ materials. | 2hrs |
| Case Study | Supporting you to apply your learning and implement change in your own context utilising an evidence informed approach. | 8hrs |
Duration
The taught elements of your NPQH course will take place over an 18 month period. This will be followed by the completion of your summative assessment which must be submitted within an 8 day period following completion of your course. The whole of the assessment process including submission of your summative assessment, marking and moderation will take a total of 3 months.
If you join a November 21 start cohort, the taught elements of your course will be complete by May 2023. The following assessment period to include submission, marking and moderation will be complete by August 2023.
If you join a February 2022 start cohort, the taught elements of your course will be complete by August 2023. The following assessment period to include submision, marking and moderation will be complete by November 2023.
Funding and eligibility criteria
Full scholarship funding, with no cost to the participant, for the NPQ in Headship is available for those who meet the following criteria:
- are, or are aspiring to be, a headteacher or head of school with responsibility for leading a school
- work in a state-funded school in England that is within the top 30th percentile in relation to pupils on Pupil Premium as of the end of the previous academic year
OR:
- are a headteacher or head of school with responsibility for leading a school
- are in the first 24 months of headship
- work in a state-funded school in England
Course Fee
£1995
APPLICATIONS
Expressions of interest via LLSE - Leadership Learning Southeast click on apply now.