Leadership Courses

George Spencer Teaching School Alliance is proud to be a licensee for the National Professional Qualifications (NPQ).

We offer four NPQs:

• National Professional Qualification for Middle Leadership (NPQML) – £1,000 pp. Full scholarship for Bradford and Opportunity Area schools available*.
• National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership (NPQSL) – £1,300 pp. Full scholarship for Bradford and Opportunity Area schools available*.
• National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) – £2,400 pp. Full scholarship for Bradford and Opportunity Area schools available*.
• National Professional Qualification for Executive Leadership (NPQEL) – £2,800 pp. Full scholarship for Bradford and Opportunity Area schools available*.

Full details of each NPQ are available here.

Scholarships

DfE has provided funding for schools in Opportunity Areas, such as Bradford, and high priority local authority areas at no cost. Schools accessing this pay the cost of the programme in advance and are them reimbursed by Carnegie Leaders once DfE releases the scholarship funds. However, if demand for funding is high, the DfE may need to implement their prioritisation criteria in relation to the availability of these scholarships. The DfE will be reviewing the financial position regularly and will keep providers updated.

National Professional Qualification (NPQ) Scholarship Funding for the 2019/20 financial year (April 2019 to March 2020) has been confirmed.

A reminder of the prioritisation criteria is set out below:

In the event of over subscription for the scholarship funding the DfE will apply the following criteria:

1. NPQ course participants working in a school in an Opportunity Area, where the school is also below the Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 4 floor standards;
2. All other NPQ course participants working in Opportunity Areas;
3. NPQ course participants working in schools where more than 30% of pupils receive Free School Meals; and
4. Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) NPQ course participants.

The DfE reserves the right to withdraw scholarships. If you have any queries about this, please contact Carnegie Leaders.

Apply for 2019-20 NPQs (Induction September/October 2019)*

Based on feedback of the 90 NPQ participants training with us in 2018-19, we've moved the start date for each programme to September/October 2019. This will help to ensure participants have SATs and teacher assessment data to show impact of their project at the end of the programme.

Once you've worked out your needs, please ask your member(s) of staff to complete the relevant application form, below.

NPQML

• Bradford hub preference: Complete this application form

• Keighley hub preference: Complete this application form

NPQSL

• Keighley hub preference: Complete this application form
• Bradford hub preference: Complete this application form

NPQH and NPQEL are available direct with Carnegie Leaders.

NPQH & NPQEL

Please contact Carnegie Leaders direct for details and the application form.

Queries & Questions

If you have any questions or queries, please contact Carnegie directly: carnegieleaders@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

* Subject to continued availability of DfE scholarship