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Designed for school leaders who are, or are aspiring to be, an executive headteacher or a school trust CEO with responsibility for leading several schools.

 

Curriculum

The NPQEL offers a tailored programme of professional learning for the following colleagues:

  • School leaders who are, or are aspiring to be, an executive headteacher or have a school trust CEO role with responsibility for leading several schools.

The programme will support you and your setting as follows:

  • Create professionally confident leaders who can lead at scale.
  • Grow the next generation of leaders with the skills and knowledge to use the evidence base for the benefit of children, young people and wider communities.
  • Retain and develop the best teachers and leaders who are excellent, collaborative role models for their schools and communities.
  • Inspire leaders who can harness the power of rich learning environments for children and young people no matter the current circumstances

Click here to view the UCL flyer

Click here to view the BPN Leadership Brochure

 

Assessment

In order to complete NPQEL, you will be required to:

  • Attend all programme sessions.
  • Ensure a minimum of 90% engagement with the programme.
  • Complete a summative case study style assessment.

To support you in the completion of NPQEL, our offer includes as standard:

  • An engaging curriculum which blends face-to-face, online and self-study.
  • A supportive facilitator and peer network.
  • A national cohort to enable the education system’s most senior colleagues to learn with and from each other, led centrally by UCL Centre for Educational Leadership.

The Framework:

National Professional Qualification (NPQ): Executive Leadership Framework (publishing.service.gov.uk)

 

Dates, times & locations of training sessions

October 2025 – March 2027 (18 months)

Face-to-face sessions will be held at venues throughout the UK.

Please note this NPQ is delivered nationally via UCL or BPN and sessions are not hosted at The Education Exchange.

 

Facilitators

NPQEL facilitators are experienced trust leaders and expert facilitators. The NPQEL programme is run centrally by our lead provider, in a programme involving participants from across the UK.

Apply now

We advise that you complete a pre-registration with your chosen provider for the best chance of securing funding.

The Department for Education (DfE) registration portal for the Spring 2025 cohort will open on the 10th February 2025, if pre-registered, your chosen lead provider will let you know when to register with the DfE.

🔗DfE Registration

 

For further information on funding for NPQs, please click here.