Leading Teaching  - NPQLT

A teacher who aspires to or may have responsibility for leading teaching in a subject, year group, key stage or phase.

    • Teaching - you will learn how to support teachers at all levels in your school to develop their knowledge and classroom skills in leading teaching.

    • School culture - you will strengthen your ability and that of your colleagues to contribute to a school culture in which pupils can thrive and succeed. 

    • How pupils learn - you will deepen your knowledge of the best ways to develop, adapt, embed and practice good models of learning across the whole school community. 

    • Subject and curriculum - you will learn how to support and improve high quality teaching, learning and assessment in your subject or phase. 

    • Implementation - you will learn how to implement change successfully within your context by understanding the stages of implementation and applying them with the support of your facilitators and colleagues

  • We know that our children and young people need teachers who are committed to their education and are confident learners themselves. Our programmes have been developed with teachers and leaders to:

    • Create professionally confident teachers and leaders.

    • Grow the next generation of leaders with the skills and knowledge to use the evidence-base for the benefit of their children and young people.

    • Retain the best teachers who are excellent, collaborative role models for their schools and communities.

    • Inspire leaders who can harness the power of rich learning environments for their children and young people no matter the current circumstances.

  • Yes, if you are responsible for any aspect of leading a subject, year group or phase or aspire to leading teaching in your context.

  • 12 months followed by an 8 day open book summative assessment case study task.

  • Venue:   Balcarras School, Cheltenham.

    12 month programme comprising:

    • Induction & Consolidation Conferences - (full day - face to face)

    • Facilitated face to face Peer Learning - (4 x 4.5 hour sessions)

    Supported by:

    • Online Learning

    • School based implementation project

    • Mentoring

    Engagement:  There must be a minimum of 90% engagement in the programme for participants to be eligible for final assessment

    Assessment:  Each NPQ is assessed using a case study approach completed within a specified eight day window at the end of the programme