NPQ Funding Announcement

The long-awaited announcement on NPQ funding for Autumn 2024 from the DfE has arrived 🔗https://www.gov.uk/guidance/funding-for-national-professional-qualifications-npqs .

Scholarship funding for autumn 2024

Funding for autumn 2024 will target those teachers and leaders who work in the most challenging schools or educational settings, serving more disadvantaged communities.

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  (NPQSEN)
• Headship (NPQH)

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.