National Professional Qualifications
NPQ Programmes
National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) are flexible professional development courses for teachers and leaders to improve skills, progress careers and deliver improved outcomes for schools.
Saffron Teaching School Hub is delighted to be working with Teach First as our NPQ Lead Provider. A full list of our NPQ programmes is available here.
Expressions of Interest for the next NPQ cohort in 2025-26
We are now taking Expressions of Interest for the next NPQ cohort. To express your interest, please complete the form below:
If you have any questions, please contact us at saffrontsh@saffron.academy.
NPQ Costs and Funding
You may be able to get your NPQ course fees fees paid for by the Department for Education (DfE). This is called scholarship funding. You do not need to apply for it.
Scholarship eligibility criteria for future NPQ cohorts will be confirmed on the DfE page below in due course:
Funding for National Professional Qualifications
For details of NPQ costs and funding eligibility for the 2024-25 cohorts, expand the heading below.
2024-25 cohorts - costs and funding
The information in this section relates to NPQ cohorts which started in the academic year 2024-25.
This may change for future cohorts.
2024-25 Funded and Non-funded NPQ Programmes
Fully funded programmes
Funded NPQs
Scholarships are available to teachers and leaders from state-funded schools and state-funded 16 to 19 educational organisations for the following NPQs:
For the Early Headship Coaching Offer, funding to cover the course fees are available if you are in your first 5 years of headship in England in a state-funded school or state-funded 16 to 19 organisation. You should also be doing or have done the Headship NPQ.
Please note: being eligible for an NPQ scholarship does not guarantee a place, as funding and places are limited.
Funding for target scholarships
Scholarship funding for the full suite of NPQ programmes will be available to teachers and leaders from:
- The top 50% of state-funded schools in England that have the highest proportion of students attracting pupil premium, as set out in the eligibility lists
- The top 50% of state-funded settings in England that have the highest proportion of students eligible for disadvantage funding
For the Early Years Leadership NPQ, highly disadvantaged early years settings will also be eligible.
The DfE has published a list of schools, 16-19 settings and Early Years settings which are eligible for funding for spring 2025. Details can be found on the DfE funding page here.
Saffron Teaching School Hub will alert all eligible schools within our Hub area.
Non-Funded NPQs
For non-funded NPQs or school settings, the overall costs for each programme are detailed below:
