National Professional Qualifications
Manor Teaching School Hub has partnered with one of the key national providers, Ambition Institute, to deliver the complete range of NPQs for you at one of our local centres.
The programmes are blended, maximising your time with virtual clinics throughout the duration of the programme but also by bringing you and your peers together for face to face conference and clinic sessions.
You will have access to Ambition’s excellent virtual learning system, Steplab, to work through short “Learn” and “Apply” learning activities, all underpinned by the best available educational research. Our facilitators are local leaders with highly relevant school experience and great facilitation skills to guide you through the accredited material.
Register your personal interest in any of the NPQ programmes here.
If you are a school leader you may wish to look at the DFE’s NPQ Brochure detailing all of the programmes. or you can click to download a summer 2023 presentation on Specialist NPQs and Leadership NPQs
The deadline for recruitment to the Autumn 2023 NPQ cohorts is Tuesday 19th September.
What our Cohort are saying:
Our recent survey showed that this impact is widespread across participants from all of the programmes.
When Can I Begin?
Is there a cost?
The DFE is funding all of these programmes for candidates from academies and LA funded schools (provided they have not previously withdrawn from the qualification). Independent schools can access the training but will need to pay the full programme cost. Small schools can access targeted support of £200 per delegate to help with costs of cover to enable staff to participate. Early Years Providers, including private nurseries and childminders can also be funded to attend the EYL programme.
What learning will I access?
At the beginning you will undertake an online orientation session to help you to navigate the programme. Your NPQ will then start with a Conference (which we aim to run face to face depending upon the current guidance). On a weekly basis you will access a short online learning activity on StepLab and then reflect on this with a buddy who is also on the programme. On a half-termly basis you will then participate in on-line clinics which consolidate and develop the online learning you have been undertaking and you will join an on-line community, where you will discuss current challenges with your peers.
Do I need to do a project?
No – unlike previous NPQs there is no in-school project. Instead, the “Apply” elements on Steplab and the Communities are designed to encourage you to implement your learning on an incremental basis, putting research and new ideas into practice as you go.
How is this assessed?
Apply.
You will need to apply to the DFE for this qualification (which is important for securing your funding) as well as apply to your chosen provider. We hope that you will choose Manor Teaching School Hub as your local provider supporting schools in Walsall, Wolverhampton and South Staffs. If you are outside of our area but have been recommended to us through your multi-academy trust then you are also welcome to join us.
The first step in the application process is to register your interest at this link, we will register you with Ambition Institute and they will contact you to start the process. Key steps in the application process can be seen on this diagram.
