National Professional Qualifications

NPQEYL

We’re really excited to introduce NPQ in Early Years Leadership (NPQEYL).

What are the objectives and the content of the NPQEYL programme?

This programme will help you to:

  • develop as a leader with responsibility across an organisation
  • access content across a breadth of areas such as culture, child development, curriculum and assessment, and organisational management
  • be supported to effectively implement change and improvement in an area you identify as a school priority

Modules include:

  • Culture
  • Child Development
  • Curriculum and Assessment
  • Additional and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
  • Professional Development
  • Organisational Management
  • Implementation
  • Working in Partnership

What are the NPQEYL programme benefits?

Deliver meaningful change in your setting

Get the tools to establish and – more importantly— sustain your organisation’s strategic direction. Learn how to create an effective culture and align your staff in your school’s mission. 

Join a network of like-minded leaders 

Become part of a community of leaders across Early Years settings and contexts who share a passion for addressing educational disadvantage. Build valuable connections with other leaders from across the country and learn how they faced and overcame similar challenges.

Grow your expertise

Broaden your leadership knowledge and gain the specialist expertise needed to tackle your organisation’s improvement priorities with content covering the breadth of knowledge you need as a leader.

Build a supportive environment for colleagues 

Create a thriving environment in which all staff feel supported and valued with opportunities to develop.

Cost and funding

For further information on cost and funding, please visit our NPQ Funding Information page. If you have any questions regarding your eligibility please contact us at tsh@bright-futures.co.uk

To submit an expression of interest for 2025/2026 click here.

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