National Professional Qualifications

National Professional Qualifications

National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) are flexible professional development courses for teachers and leaders to improve skills, progress careers and deliver improved outcomes for schools. 

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.

A full list of our NPQ programmes is available here.

NPQ Expressions of Interest - Autumn 2026

Applications for Cohort 5 (December 2025 start) are now closed.

Expression of Interest for Autumn 2026

if you are interested in joining our next cohort of NPQ programmes in Autumn 2026, please register your interest by completing this form: Saffron Teaching School Hub NPQ Expression of Interest Form Cohort 6 - Autumn 2026

We will send interested applicants further information as soon as it becomes available. 

If you have any questions, please contact a member of our team: 

 

 

 

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