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 (starting in Autumn 2025), Saffron Teaching School Hub will be continuing our longstanding partnership with Teach First and will also be partnering with the National Institute of Teaching (NIoT) to deliver some of our NPQ programmes.
Saffron will be partnering with the NIoT for our NPQ Headship and NPQ Leading Teaching programmes; all other Specialist and Leadership programmes will be delivered through Teach First.
How do I apply for an NPQ programme?
We are now taking applications for the next NPQ cohort (Cohort 5) starting in November 2025.
To apply, 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.
- 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?