National professional qualifications: frameworks
Descriptions of the national professional qualifications (NPQs) to help current or potential participants understand the standards providers must meet.
Documents
NPQ content and assessment framework: a guide for participants
Ref: DfE-00194-2019PDF, 978KB, 53 pages
NPQ quality framework: a guide for participants
Ref: DFE-00289-2017PDF, 269KB, 21 pages
Details
The content and assessment framework sets out the knowledge and skills that providers must teach as part of each NPQ, and the tasks and criteria against which providers will be required to assess their candidates.
The quality framework sets out the standards of provision that providers must meet to retain their accreditation.
The following course descriptions are available:
- National Professional Qualification for Middle Leadership (NPQML)
- National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership (NPQSL)
- National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH)
- National Professional Qualification for Executive Leadership (NPQEL)
Published 20 October 2017
Last updated 2 October 2019 + show all updates
- Updated Annex A in ‘NPQ content and assessment framework’ to include changes to the content and assessment framework (CAF).
- First published.
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