Guidance: National professional qualifications frameworks

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Department For Education

February 23

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This guidance is for:

organisations developing the NPQs
teachers and leaders considering applying for or participating in NPQs
leaders who are encouraging staff to undertake NPQs

The content frameworks set out what participants should know and be able to do after completing an NPQ. They were developed in consultation with expert advisory groups from across the education system and the Education Endowment Foundation.

Providers of NPQs are expected to use these frameworks to design their courses.

These NPQs build on the evidence and expert advice established in the:

core content framework for initial teacher training
early career framework (ECF)

They reflect and are coherent with the:

Apply for an NPQ

Find out how to apply for an NPQ.

Published 13 October 2020
Last updated 23 February 2024 +show all updates

23 February 2024
Updated the 'Special educational needs co-ordinators (SENCOs) NPQ framework' document with sub headings in the references section.
25 August 2023
Added the NPQ for SENCOs framework. The NPQ for SENCOs will be available from autumn 2024.
12 July 2023
Added the 'Leading primary mathematics NPQ framework' and updated the page to reflect that the reformed NPQs are no longer new.
20 December 2022
Frameworks updated with referencing to each of the 'Learn that' and 'Learn how to' statements to allow for easier navigation.
25 February 2022
Revised a 'Learn how to statement related to managing children's behaviour and supporting their personal, social and emotional development in 'National Professional Qualification (NPQ): Early Years Leadership framework'.
12 October 2021
Added 'NPQ: leading literacy framework' and 'NPQ: early years leadership framework'.
12 October 2021
Updated to reflect changes in funding eligibility and add information about additional national professional qualifications which will be available from autumn 2022.
7 July 2021
Updated to include an eligibility list of schools that are within the top 30th percentile in relation to pupils on pupil premium as of the end of the previous academic year.
1 July 2021
Updated 'from September 2021' to 'from autumn 2021'.
13 October 2020
First published.

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