The government’s plans to introduce new national professional qualifications (NPQs) and review existing NPQs.

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National professional qualifications (NPQs) reforms

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These reforms build on the commitments made in the teacher recruitment and retention strategy and the early career framework, announced in January 2019.

More information about existing NPQs is available at professional development for school leaders.

Published 3 July 2020
Last updated 11 May 2021 + show all updates

  1. Added the section ‘Additional support offer for the NPQH’.

  2. Updated with URLs for national professional qualifications lead training providers.

  3. Updated information about reformed NPQs to include the list of new leading providers.

  4. Update about the NPQ framework reforms from September 2020.

  5. First published.