Hartismere Leadership Training

National Professional Qualification in Leading Teaching (NPQLT)

We’re pleased to announce that we are partnering with education charity Ambition Institute

to deliver the NPQ in Leading Teaching.

In 12 months, you will discover what outstanding teaching looks like and use this knowledge

to become a high performing leader of teaching.

• One of a series of new, specialist NPQs
• Gain an NPQ for Leading Teaching accreditation
• Become an excellent leader of teaching
• Flexible learning to suit your timetable

Why this programme?

Ambition Institute has designed this ground-breaking NPQ to help you develop the

knowledge and understanding of what excellent classroom teaching looks like.

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

into practice in your school setting. You will train alongside other teachers with similar

responsibilities, with content focusing on the key challenges you face in your role.

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

around your busy timetable.

Accredited NPQ Provider

Benefits for you

Excel as a teacher

Delve into the nuts and bolts of what makes an effective teacher, what good teaching looks

like, and how you can lead others and they can learn from you.

Build on existing experience

This programme helps you to unpack and apply learning in teaching, curriculum and

assessment – and to support others to develop in these areas. That’s whether you are a

classroom teacher keen to develop your knowledge or a head of department wanting to

maximise your impact.

Invest in your future

Ongoing professional development helps you to grow and thrive as a teacher. You will follow

an evidence-based framework and gain a professional accreditation at the end of the

programme.

Train to your timetable

This programme is designed to fit around your teaching role and much of the work can be

completed in bite-size chunks around your existing work timetable.

Connect with your peers

You will train alongside other teachers from similar school contexts. You can share your

experiences and build a strong support network.

Benefits for your school

Create a ‘golden thread’

The new NPQs are all aligned. So, no matter what career stage your teachers are at, by

joining this programme, they will benefit from an evidence-based framework. They will also

share a common language with other NPQ participants that they can pass on to colleagues.

Access the latest learning

Teachers will bring evidence-based teaching and learning into classrooms, meaning high

quality teaching and improved pupil outcomes.

Identify future leaders

Competent and confident teachers who excel in their roles will be more likely to apply for

middle or senior positions in your school when they arise.

Retain your teaching talent

By allowing teachers to develop and nurture their talents in specialist areas you are investing

in their future. This will boost their confidence, making them feel supported and less likely to

apply for jobs elsewhere.

Tap into a network

Your teachers will train alongside peers from other schools with similar contexts, supported

by facilitators that fully understands your needs.

Curriculum

What you'll learn

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

(NPQ): Leading Teaching Framework.

On this programme, you will learn how to:

• explain important ideas about the science of learning
• understand what good teaching practice is and how to implement it
• support colleagues to design a broad and coherent curriculum
• plan effective lessons and stimulate your pupils’ thinking
• help colleagues adapt their teaching to different needs
• contribute to the design of school assessment systems
• align your professional development with wider school improvement priorities.

Assessment

The assessment window starts at the end of the 12-month programme and runs for three

months. During this time, participants will be given an eight-day window to sit an ‘open book’

style assessment in which they respond to a short case study.

There are two assessment windows every year, and participants can sit the assessment two

times, if they need to.

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 a teacher who has, or is aspiring to have, responsibility for leading

other educators to develop. You might support all teachers in your school, trainees or those

early in their career.