NPQ Programmes
Saffron Teaching School Hub offers the following NPQ programmes:
- NPQ Early Years Leadership
- NPQ Executive Leadership
- NPQ Headship
- NPQ Senior Leadership
- NPQ Leading Behaviour and Culture
- NPQ Leading Literacy
- NPQ Leading Primary Mathematics
- NPQ Leading Teacher Development
- NPQ Leading Teaching
- NPQ SENCO
For Cohort 5 (launched in December 2025), Saffron Teaching School Hub is continuing its longstanding partnership with Teach First and is also partnering with the National Institute of Teaching (NIoT) for some of our NPQ programmes.
Saffron is partnering with the NIoT for our NPQ Headship and NPQ Leading Teaching programmes; all other Specialist and Leadership programmes are in partnership with Teach First.
How do I apply for an NPQ programme?
Applications for Cohort 5 (launched in December 2025) are now closed.
We are now taking Expressions of Interest for Cohort 6 starting in Autumn 2026. To complete the Expression of Interest form, visit our main NPQ page here.
NPQs - what are the benefits?
We are committed to working with schools in our area to build effective CPD pathways into their professional development programmes, continuing the 'golden thread' of teacher development from the early career years.
Find out more about the benefits of an NPQ - read the articles below or see our impact case studies.
- Satisfaction Guaranteed! Measuring the impact of Saffron's NPQ Programmes
- Growing Leaders, Growing Trust: How Inspires MAT and Saffron TSH are Shaping the Future Together
- Enhanced confidence, skills, knowledge and outcomes - the lasting impact of an NPQ
- Measuring the impact of an NPQ
- NPQs - career development with a focus on quality
- NPQs - what are the benefits?