NPQH

The UCL Centre for Educational Leadership looks forward to working with you on their newly designed NPQ, supporting you to deepen your knowledge of Headship within a collaborative and open learning environment.

Based on the latest research and evidence this new programme will enable you to take your new learning and develop your skills and put them into practice.

UCL’s 18 month programme puts you and your school at its heart through a professional learning group approach that helps you to share your thinking and understanding within a well-planned framework. You will experience a blended approach of face to face sessions with Thames South TSH local expert facilitators, self-directed study materials and in school support to enable you to progress professionally and develop networks to enhance your career.

What will you learn?

• School Culture – you will establish and sustain an effective school culture by setting the strategic direction, managing human and financial resources and fulfilling all statutory duties to enable a sustainable and thriving school community.
• Teaching – you will learn how to establish and support effective teaching across your school to develop and embed your teacher’s pedagogical knowledge and classroom skills to enable the best outcomes for all children and young people no matter what their starting point is.
• Curriculum and Assessment – you will learn how to support and sustain high quality planning, teaching, learning and assessment by ensuring the implementation of effective and coherent policies. Appropriate and well-designed professional development for the teachers in your school will align with these priorities.
• Behaviour and Support – you will be able to establish and sustain high standards of behaviour and learning across the whole school community, including liaising with and training key stakeholders to ensure a safe, inclusive learning environment for all.
• Implementation – you will learn how to implement change successfully within your context by understanding the stages of implementation and aligning it with wider school improvement priorities.

To find out more please visit UCL’s NPQH page here.

UCL's NPQH

Cost

The NPQH continues to be fully funded for teachers and leaders in publicly funded schools (including maintained nursery schools) and 16 to 19 educational settings in England for Autumn 2025.

The programme fee is £1,885 (+VAT) for participants who do not meet the above funding criteria, including independent schools.

How to apply

Registration for Autumn 2025 NPQs is now open. To register click here. UCL's deadline to apply is Friday 14th November.