School leadership

National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH), Teaching and Leadership Innovation Fund, teaching schools, equality and diversity.

Guidance and regulation

National professional qualifications frameworks
- Guidance
- 23 February 2024
- Department for Education
National professional qualification (NPQ) courses
- Detailed guide
- 16 December 2024
- Department for Education
Promoting and supporting mental health and wellbeing in schools and colleges
- Detailed guide
- 28 April 2026
- Department for Education
Special educational needs co-ordinator's (SENCO) national professional qualification
- Detailed guide
- 16 December 2024
- Department for Education
Apply for a national professional qualification (NPQ)
- Detailed guide
- 22 December 2025
- Department for Education

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News and communications

Ofsted programme for minority ethnic school leaders in London
- 22 March 2019
- Ofsted
- Correspondence
New national strategy unveiled to boost teacher numbers
- 28 January 2019
- Department for Education
- News story
Sir Michael Wilshaw's speech at the FASNA Autumn Conference
- 2 November 2016
- Ofsted
- Speech
Sir Michael Wilshaw's speech to the TES Leadership conference
- 25 May 2016
- Ofsted
- Speech
Sir Michael Wilshaw's speech to ASCL conference
- 4 March 2016
- Ofsted
- Speech

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Research and statistics

Evaluation of 2021 national professional qualifications
- 27 September 2024
- Department for Education
- Research
Equality and Diversity Fund: participant analysis 2016 to 2018
- 28 January 2021
- Department for Education
- Research
Talented leaders programme evaluation
- 22 January 2021
- Department for Education
- Research
Headteachers' standards: report of the review
- 13 October 2020
- Department for Education
- Independent report
Reducing teacher workload: Education Development Trust report
- 15 July 2020
- Department for Education
- Independent report

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Policy papers and consultations

National Professional Qualifications (NPQs): call for insights and evidence
- 10 December 2025
- Department for Education
- Closed call for evidence
National Professional Qualifications (NPQ) framework review
- 10 July 2025
- Department for Education
- Call for evidence outcome

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Organisations

Department
for Education

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