For teachers who have, or are aspiring to have, responsibilities for leading behaviour and/or supporting pupil wellbeing in their school.

Take your career to the next level

Take the next step on your leadership journey and become a behaviour and culture specialist. Learn approaches to help your school keep improving, and implement practical solutions to tackle your school’s existing challenges.

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Broaden and deepen expertise in your specialist area

Learn the essential skills that underpin successful leadership of behaviour and culture. Develop expertise in high-quality teaching practices and behaviour management, including dealing with more complex behavioural needs and working with parents, the wider community and other organisations.

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Create a culture in which staff and pupils thrive

Learn how to develop the ethos and environment of your school using key policies and steps. Create a culture of high expectations, good behaviour and learning amongst pupils, while supporting professional learning and continuous improvement for colleagues in your school.

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Join a passionate network striving for educational equality

Share experiences with other school leaders, learn how they’ve faced similar challenges and build a professional network that will support you throughout your career.

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Programme structure

This 15-month programme (12 months’ delivery and three months for assessment) consists of a series of courses based on the DfE’s NPQframeworks. Each course cycle features:

• Evidence-based online content to refresh and build knowledge, as well as exemplify what this looks like for your role and level of leadership
• A formative assessment task to support your learning
• A face-to-face seminar with a group of peers, facilitated by a serving school leader–you’ll analyse and reflect on the task and hear further examples of good practice
• The opportunity to record reflections and consolidate learning

This cycle repeats throughout the programme, with implementation a consideration in every course. Towards the end of the programme, you’ll also take a course focused specifically on effective implementation. This provides an opportunity to complete a significant but manageable change project as part of your role. There will be ongoing support through a seminar group and discussion forum.

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Programme objectives

Informed by the best and most recent evidence and developed with input from school leaders and subject matter experts, this programme will help you to:

• Develop as a specialist in areas related to your role, including behaviour, school culture and developing others
• Work with serving school leaders and subject matter experts to turn new learning into changes in your own and others’ practise
• Access a blended learning programme that is full of practical and tangible examples, flexible and tailored to your needs and areas of development and focus

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Modules include:

Teaching

School culture

Enabling conditions for good behaviour

Complex behavioural needs

Professional development

Implementation

Benefits for you

• Develop knowledge and understanding of how to apply the evidence on how to create and support an effective school and classroom culture, underpinned by positive behaviour and wellbeing
• A blended learning experience which fits around your role where you learn and discuss key content online, delivered in a way that suits the busy working lives of teachers and school leaders
• Local virtual and face to face sessions that focus on real problem-solving, creating understanding, connecting with your peers and gaining depth of knowledgeOngoing preparation to give you confidence to pass the final assessment
• Facilitation and support from serving school leaders in outstanding schools and delivery at local venues

Benefits for your school / organisation

• A skilful and research-informed professional who can lead the improvement of pupil wellbeing, create calm classrooms, great pupil behaviour and a warm whole-school culture
• Practical capability to get on with the job of developing others with the skills to lead with people and teams, creating change and impact
• The ability to review and evaluate practice in order to bring about change and get the best outcomes for young people and staff within the organisation

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At the end of the programme, you will complete a 1500-word case study assessment to demonstrate your understanding of real leadership and change.

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Our programmes are led by a team of expert facilitators from different settings and phases who will support you throughout the programme.

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Start your NPQ journey by completing the application form provided below.

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