Apply for an NPQ

Applications for October 2024 now open! Please note that NPQ scholarships for the Autumn 2024 Cohort are extremely limited, so please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

DfE registration and funding

All applicants applying to complete an NPQ are required to register with the DfE. The DfE registration portal will open in July 2024, at this point your scholarship funding eligibility will be confirmed. Please click here to view the October 2024 DfE funding criteria. In the meantime, please pre-register for DfE email updates here, this will ensure you are kept up to date as to when the DfE registration portal opens.

If you do not have a TRN

If you do not have a TRN (Teacher Reference Number), you will need to apply for one at request a TRN before you can register via the DfE portal when it opens. Please ensure you apply for this at the same time as beginning your application to avoid any delay in joining the programme.

Applications for October 2024 now open!

Scholarship-funded places are very limited, so access to funding will be subject to availability. To have the best chance of claiming a funded place, please apply as soon as possible.

To Start your NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC, NPQLPM, NPQSL, NPQH or NPQEL application with the Alliance of Leading learning and LLSE click here.

*NPQLL and NPQEYL – applicants follow this link.

*NPQ for SENCOs – applicants follow this link.

BEST PRACTICE NETWORKS – NPQ for SENCOs – applicants follow this link.

The following aims to give you a step-by-step guide to the application process

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Stage 1

Follow the link below to the application page to begin your NPQ application

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Stage 2

In addition, you will also need to register your interest on the DfE portal below at Register for a National Professional Qualification (education.gov.uk). Please ensure that you select LLSE when you are asked to identify your Lead Provider.

Stage 3

You should then receive further instructions from LLSE on the next stages of your full application. The full process involves the requirement for coaches / headteachers to provide their support / approval by email. At the end of the process you will need to also accept your place.