Training – National Professional Qualifications

National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) offered and delivered in partnership with Best Practice Network

Victoria Academies Trust is proud to be working with Best Practice Network to deliver a range of specialist National Professional Qualifications (NPQLT, NPTLTD and NPQLBC), alongside the NPQ for SENCOs and NPQSL programmes to colleagues from across the West Midlands.

The frameworks for the NPQs draw from the very latest evidence and research into pedagogy, behaviour, curriculum and more.

The NPQs we deliver in partnership with Best Practice Network are:

Full details for each of the NPQs, including the registration form and information on funding, can be found at https://www.bestpracticenet.co.uk/npq . The team at Best Practice Network can be contacted through the live-chat function of their web site or you can send enquiries to npq@bestpracticenet.co.uk .

When applying please ensure you select Victoria Academies Trust from the drop down when prompted. This will help ensure your access to local delivery.

Applications for Spring 2025 cohorts opened on 8^th September. To have the best chance of securing a fully funded scholarship place on an NPQ programme for Spring 2025, apply now using the programme links above.

Scholarship funding eligibility

NPQSENCO

This programme remains fully funded for all teachers and leaders in state-funded schools and academies in England.

Funding eligibility for all other NPQs

To be eligible for scholarship-funded place on the NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC, NPQSL and the NPQEL, participants must work in a:

State-funded school or academy in England
School in the top 50% nationally with the highest levels of pupil premium
Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) schools

For further information you can view the full DfE guidance here and a school eligibility checker is also available on the BPN website: School Eligibility Checker