With NPQH, you join a select group of leaders with the only qualification in the whole world for school headship.
This course is the ultimate in school leadership. The course is for school or college leaders who are, or are aspiring to be, a headteacher, principal or head of school / college with responsibility for leading a school or college.
National Professional Qualification for HEADSHIP
The NPQH helps boost your knowledge and confidence as you perform the role of headteacher / principal of the whole school.
This course will help you gain confidence and develop expertise in all areas of whole school leadership.
You will have the opportunity to engage with relevant research and evidence, learn how leaders in other schools carry out their role and participate in discussion forum activities with everyone else completing the same qualification as you.
You will also complete a series of activities to build a personal online learning journal. This will record your progress, help you to reflect on the new knowledge, understanding and skill you are acquiring and act as a repository for all of the key information you don’t want to forget.
The key topics covered over the course are:
School / college culture
Teaching
Curriculum and assessment
Behaviour
Additional and special educational needs and disabilities
Professional development
Organisational management
Implementation
Working in partnership
Governance and accountability
Each topic is explored through the lens of the work of a headteacher.