Why this programme?
Ambition Institute’s new National Professional Qualification (NPQ) for Headship gives you the chance to put evidence-based school leadership research into practice and drive change in your school setting. It also offers the opportunity to focus on specific headship challenges in your school or trust.

This is one of nine new and reformed NPQs that have been developed as a series. They share the same common language and framework, to help drive improvement across schools.

Ambition Institute knows that schools' and trusts’ needs vary, so its programmes are designed with flexibility in mind and can be completed at a time that suits you best and fits in with your existing role. Through Steplab, the innovative personal development platform built for teachers, by teachers, you will have access to your modules and practice activities to help you get better faster.

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Benefits for you

Enjoy flexible learning
This programme is designed to fit around your timetable and most of the work can be completed at times that suit you. 

Learn crucial skills and sector knowledge
Everything you’ll learn on this programme is drawn from a single, evidence-based framework shared by other educators across England. 

Learning that sticks
The majority of the training is delivered little and often, in regular bite-sized chunks. Learning in short, sharp bursts helps you to retain knowledge.

Thrive in your school setting
Develop the knowledge and skills to work to the best of your ability and tackle the complexities and challenges of your daily role.

Drive habit change
Embedding new habits can be tricky. Ambition Institute’s dual modules help you to apply what you learn, connecting theory to practice, to help those habits stick. Insight modules capture the very best the sector has to contribute on a given topic. Application modules help you to use the ideas in context with support from peers.

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Benefits for your school or trust

Create confident school leaders
Headteachers are equipped with school-focused leadership knowledge, which they can use to establish a culture where staff and pupils can thrive.

Underpinned by the latest evidence
The framework for the new NPQ for Headship was developed using the latest evidence on effective professional development for teachers and leaders, approved by the Education Endowment Fund (EEF).

Shared learning
Participants learn alongside colleagues whose context is similar, facilitated by delivery partners who know and understand your needs.

Create a common knowledge base
All of Ambition Institute's NPQs are aligned, meaning teachers and leaders share a common language and framework to drive improvement in their school.

Transform pupil outcomes
Education Policy Institute research shows that high-quality professional development can improve pupil outcomes almost as effectively as having a teacher with 10 years’ experience in the classroom.

Must be, or is aspiring to be, a headteacher with responsibility for leading a school. Participants must be at senior leadership level or above in order to apply.

Example roles:

• Headteacher | Head of School | Director of Teaching School | Deputy Headteacher/Vice Principal | Assistant Headteacher / Vice Principal  

Not suitable for:

• ECT | Primary Teacher | SENCO
• Literacy coordinator/ Class teacher/Maths subject lead/Specialist Leader of Education (Junior School) 
• Director of Learning for any subject/Head of department/Head of primary key stage/Head of Early Years 

Although we believe that all participants will benefit and gain value from completing an NPQ, the curriculum is designed based on participants being in a single school. Therefore, participants not in a single school may need to do further reflection to make the most of the content.