Hartismere Leadership Training

National Professional Qualification Senior Leadership (NPQSL)   

We’re pleased to announce that we are partnering with education charity Ambition Institute
to deliver the NPQ in Senior Leadership.

This 18-month programme helps you develop your leadership knowledge and expertise to
improve outcomes for teachers and pupils in your school.

Gain an NPQ Senior Leadership accreditation
 

Enjoy flexible training to suit your timetable 
Access evidence-based learning
Learn from leadership experts

Why this programme?

Ambition Institute has designed this ground-breaking NPQ to give you the chance to learn

about evidence-based school leadership and put it into practice in your school or trust.

Ambition’s 'little and often' approach uses the latest research to help you apply your learning

to persistent problems. You'll train alongside other leaders with similar responsibilities,

focusing on the key challenges you face in your role.

With no project work and minimal time out of school, the NPQs are designed to fit around

your busy timetable.
 

Accredited NPQ Provider

 
Benefits for you

• Train to your timetable
• The flexible programme is designed to fit in with your busy working role. Training is delivered
  in bite-sized chunks, which is useful for retaining knowledge, and you can learn at a time and
  pace that suits you.
• Build your confidence
• Learn how to excel as a leader and get the support you need to take the next step in your
  career.
• Access the latest research
• Benefit from the latest evidence-based learning and approaches to great teaching and
  leadership. See how it can improve schools and change lives.
• Enact positive change
• Translate what you’ve learned on this programme to your own school context. We'll help you
  do this by providing models and examples that seek to make the link between theory and
  practice concrete.
• Get peer-to-peer support
• Learn from a network of like-minded peers and have the share insights with colleagues in
  your own school setting.

Benefits for your school or trust

• Create a common knowledge base
• NPQ qualifications are aligned, so you can have confidence that all your educators will share
  a common language and framework to develop your school or trust.
• Support your leaders
• Senior leaders will be given the tools to drill down into specific areas of leadership to
  improve their knowledge, make evidence-informed decisions and action positive change.
• Learn from evidence
• Senior Leaders will be introduced to evidence-informed practices straightaway. This will help
  them develop strategies to improve teaching and pupil performance at your school.
• Make a leadership pipeline
• The programme will help to identify future leaders and create a positive culture where
  teachers can develop and thrive.
• Boost attainment
• Studies show that high-quality continuous professional development can improve pupil
  outcomes almost as effectively as having a teacher with 10 years’ experience in the
  classroom.

Curriculum

What you'll learn:

This programme follows the Department for Education’s National Professional Qualification:

Senior Leadership Framework.

You will learn how to:

Set clear goals and communicate shared values that improve the culture in your
classrooms and school

Establish a safe and positive environment for pupils

Support colleagues to meet individual needs and make sure all pupils have access to
a rich curriculum

Lead school-wide professional development for staff

Make and act on evidence-informed decisions

Work well with parents, carers, other schools and the wider community

Lead by example, be accountable for decisions and make sure colleagues know their
responsibilities.

Note: programme content is subject to change.

How you’ll learn

The programme is delivered through blended learning. This includes a mix of face-to-face

conferences, real-time, interactive online sessions and self-guided modules to complete in

your own time. You'll put what you learn into practice in your school, tracking your progress

and getting feedback as you go.

Note: programme content is subject to change.

Assessment

The assessment window starts at the end of the 18-month programme and runs for three

months. During this time, you'll be given an eight-day window to sit an ‘open book’ style

assessment in which you respond to a short case study.

There are two assessment windows every year, and you can sit the assessment twice, if

needed.

You need to complete the course to qualify for the NPQ accreditation.

Ambition Institute will offer a webinar and live clinic in advance of the assessment window to

support participants.

Cost

The criteria for DfE-funded scholarships is yet to be confirmed.

Register your interest with us and we’ll let you know as soon as this is available.

Apply

To apply, you must be, or are aspiring to be, a senior leader with cross-school

responsibilities. For example, you might be an assistant or deputy headteacher, or a head of

department or faculty.