National Professional Qualifications Funding
Funding Information
The DfE is still offering funding for Spring 2025 to target those teachers and leaders who work in the most challenging schools or educational settings, serving more disadvantaged communities.
Fully Funded NPQs
Scholarship funding to cover the full NPQ course cost will be available to teachers and leaders from:
- the 50% of schools with the highest proportion of students who attract pupil premium funding
- 16 to 19 educational settings identified as having high disadvantage
- For the early years leadership NPQ, highly disadvantaged early years settings will also be eligible.
Scholarships will continue to be available to all teachers and leaders from publicly funded schools and 16 to 19 educational organisations for the following NPQs:
- Leading Primary Maths
- SENCO
- Headship
For the Early Headship Coaching offer, funding to cover the course fees will be available if you are in your first 5 years of headship in England in a state-funded school or state-funded 16 to 19 organisation. You should also be doing or have done the headship NPQ.
Funded places are capped nationally and will work on a first come, first served basis so we recommend applying now for the Spring 2025 Cohorts.
Self-Funding
For independent schools and those self-funding please see below for Spring 2025 costs:
Best Practice Network Programme Costs
- NPQLTD – £895
- NPQLBC – £895
- NPQLT – £895
- NPQSL – £1135
- NPQH – £1975
- NPQEL – £4090
NIoT Programme Costs
- NPQLPM – £850
- NPQLL – £850
If you are not eligible for scholarship funding, you can still undertake an NPQ and should contact the Alban TSH on enquiries@albantsh.co.uk for more information.
Apprenticeship Route
Finally, you can also use the apprenticeship levy to fund your NPQ. Find out more here: https://albantsh.co.uk/apprenticeships/