NPQ in Early Years Leadership
The NPQ in Early Years Leadership is a DfE funded professional development course available to leaders and aspiring leaders of early years settings.
It is designed to support early years leaders to develop expertise in leading high-quality education and care, as well as in effective staff and organisational management. The NPQ is designed to cover all aspects of leadership including SEND, organisational management, curriculum, etc and is expected to take a minimum of 75 hours over an 18-month period. Leaders are required to engage with a minimum of 90% of the course content in order to pass.
The NPQ is aimed at Leaders qualified to at least a Level 3 with a full and relevant qualification who are, or aspiring to be, Managers of PVI Nurseries, Head Teachers of school based or maintained Nurseries or Childminders with Leadership responsibilities.
Scholarships are available for this training and further information on this, and the 6 lead training providers for this qualification, can be found at Early years education recovery programme: supporting the sector - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The NPQEYL focuses on the key challenges early years leaders face in their role. This CPD course covers 7 topics, with a mix of self-study, group coaching sessions, and face-to-face sessions with other participants.
It will help participants gain confidence and develop skills in:
- Developing your leadership style
- Delivering high-quality early education and care
- Organisational management
- Giving constructive feedback to parents
- Enhancing the expertise of your staff and supporting their development
- Working with children who have additional and special educational needs
Participants and their settings could benefit from:
- Ensuring all children experience success
- Delivering a high-quality and ambitious curriculum
- Managing resources and budgeting effectively
- Knowing what improvement approaches to use
- Learning with people from different early years settings, allowing you to build your network and share best practice
Further information about the NPQEYL is available on GOV.UK
