NPQs
Our offer
We are excited to offer our NPQ courses to colleagues from across the Southwest. We are currently facilitating the NPQH, SL, SEND, LPM and LTD.
From Spring 25 we will be offering two further NPQ courses listed below. For further information, please email our team on npq@equa.org.uk.NPQ for SENCO - This statutory course is for anyone who is or aspires to be a school SENCO along with non QTS staff who support the leadership of SEND within a school.
NPQSL – This course is for both existing Senior Leaders in a school and those aspiring to Senior Leadership.
The video below provides further information on both deliveries including the application route
To start the application process please complete the below form.
National Society for Education- National Professional Qualifications Application Form- Cohort 8
Why choose an NPQ with us?
We believe that successful practitioners adopt an outward facing approach, working alongside colleagues to provide mutual support and challenge, share best practice and learn from each other; we shape our NPQ programmes to achieve this belief.
Face-to-face discussion is purposefully incorporated into our programmes. Every voice has value and we are proud to invest in people to combine credible research and inform expert frontline practice.
Our facilitators are highly quality assured frontline practitioners. As such they recognise the day to day challenges of the profession and will actively support you to be successful in your NPQ.
How to Apply
- Complete our application form National Society for Education- National Professional Qualifications Application Form- Cohort 8
- Register with the DFE (registration prediction 17th February 2025) Your sponsor completes your reference
- Allocation to a local delivery partner
- Provisional and Formal offers will be made along with confirmation of whether we are able to offer you a funded place. If we are unable to offer you a fully funded place at this point, we will tell you.
Funding Spring ‘25
Funding remains available for some NPQ courses:
NPQ for SENCO - an allocation of funded places
NPQSL – an allocation of funded places for PP50 schools only.
PP50 means your school is in the top 50% according to the number of pupil premium children on roll.
Funded places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Our impact
Very motivational, every session was interesting and thought provoking especially sharing ideas. Excellent course!
The in-person face-to-face meetings are invaluable and really help the course content become more digestible.
In such a fast-paced profession, it’s brilliant to have the opportunity to engage with current literature and to discuss pedagogy with colleagues across the key stages.
- Natalie D (NPQLTD)
It has genuinely been impactful on my teaching thus far- particularly the face-face coaching, focusing on questioning.
- Matt H (NPQLT)
The APPLY session was incredibly thought-provoking and we delved into the problems and research in a methodical way.