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The National Professional Qualification (NPQ) An overview. The purpose of NPQ reform.
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The purpose of NPQ reform The Department wants to make sure there are enough great leaders right across the country and, in particular, in our most challenging schools and areas. To support this, we want to ensure prospective and serving school leaders can access high quality leadership development. The Department has reformed the NPQs to better prepare leaders for the range of leadership roles in today’s school system. Our new approach puts the best schools and leadership development organisations at the forefront of the design, delivery, and assessment of an enhanced suite of qualifications, but balances these freedoms with robust quality standards and assurance. With quality and flexibility at the heart of our new approach, we believe the reformed qualifications will equip aspirant and serving school leaders at all levels with the knowledge and skills they need to have a life-changing impact on children and young people in their care.
The NPQ framework sets out the: • knowledge, skills and behaviours a provider’s provision must cover • criteria against which all NPQ participants must be assessed by providers • assessment tasks through which all NPQ participants must be assessed by providers
Leadership behaviours continued Whilst not assessed as part of the NPQ, providers and candidates should work together to evaluate strengths in each behaviour at the beginning of the development programmes and plan how they will develop the behaviours
NPQML assessment Leading an improvement project (4,500 words) • Lead an improvement project in your team, lasting at least two-terms, aimed at improving pupil progress and attainment, and the capability of your team. • Submit a written account of the project that covers the design, implementation and evaluation of the programme.
NPQSL assessment Leading an improvement project across your school (5,000 words) • Working across the school to a) reduce variation in pupil progress and attainment b) improve the efficiency and effectiveness of teaching • Lead the improvement project across a minimum of two terms • Submit a written account of the project that covers the design, implementation and evaluation of the programme.
NPQH assessment Project 1: Own School Leading a whole school change programme (4,000 words) • Lead change programme at whole school level, lasting at least 2 terms to improve pupil progress and attainment. • Present the plan to the governing board prior to implementation and gather their feedback. • Submit a written account of the project that covers the design, implementation and evaluation of the programme.
NPQH assessment Project 2: Placement School Design an action plan to meet a placement school’s resourcing and capability needs (2,500 words) • Undertake a placement in a contrasting school lasting at least 9 days. • Research the placement school’s current and/or projected resource and capability challenges and design an action plan to address these. • Present the plan to the school’s governing board and gather their feedback • Submit a written account of the project
NPQEL assessment Project 1: Own organisation Designing a sustainable business development strategy for my organisation (4,000 words) • Design a sustainable business development strategy for their organisation, analysing the benefits, costs and risks of different options (for example, growth and stabilisation). • Present their chosen strategy to their governing board/board of trustees, record it, answer questions, and gather its feedback. • Submit a written account of the project to the provider for assessment, which aims to evidence the criteria indicated. This should cover the design, implementation and evaluation of the project.
NPQEL assessment Project 2:Across several schools Leading an improvement project across several schools (4,000 words) • Lead a project to improve progress and attainment in several schools. The precise focus of the project should be negotiated and agreed with representatives of the relevant schools. • Present their plans to a group of relevant stakeholders (for example, the relevant governing boards, teachers and community representatives), record it, answer questions and gather their feedback • Submit a written account of the project to the provider for assessment, which aims to evidence the criteria indicated. This should cover the design, implementation and evaluation of the project.
