Take the next step on your leadership journey and become a behaviour and culture specialist. Learn approaches to help your school to keep improving and implement practical solutions to tackle your school’s existing challenges.
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.
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.
If you work in a school serving disadvantaged communities, you can apply for our free one-to-one support which runs alongside the NPQ in Leading Behaviour and Culture (NPLBC). This free support comes in the form of an experienced former school leader who will coach and guide you throughout the programme. You can apply for this additional support in your application.
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.
This programme is for those who have, or are aspiring to have, responsibilities for leading behaviour and/or supporting pupil wellbeing in their school. For example, heads of year or roles with other pastoral responsibilities.
This 15-month programme (12 months’ delivery and up to three months for assessment) consists of a series of courses based on the DfE’s NPQ frameworks. Each course cycle features:
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.
This programme will give you the chance to develop expertise in the knowledge, skills and concepts for specialist areas related to your role. These include proactively creating the conditions for good behaviour and supporting colleagues to do the same. Our content is informed by the best and most recent evidence and developed with input from school leaders and subject matter experts.
Our programmes have a practical focus. You’ll be supported to make small but important changes to your and others’ practice throughout the programme. This will conclude with the implementation module and practical implementation cycle of the programme.
Find out more about the DfE’s NPQLBC content framework:
The programme is designed to fit around your teaching and other school commitments. Over the course of the whole programme (spread over three terms), you’ll undertake approximately 55 hours of learning. This includes a combination of seminars, online learning modules, conferences and a practical implementation cycle.
Assessment takes place within three months of you completing your NPQLBC. Detailed dates will be shared with you before the start of the programme.
The assessment process for all NPQs has been refreshed to reduce the workload burden on teachers while still providing an opportunity to apply their knowledge. To pass the programme you will need to engage with at least 90% of the course and pass one summative assessment.
DfE Funded for all eligible schools.
In June 2021, £184 million of new funding was announced to provide scholarship funding to enable colleagues in eligible schools to train at no cost. Please see slide 5 for more information on this.
Applications for February 2024 are now closed. The application form will re-open in the summer term for an autumn 2024 start.
If you have any further questions please contact Tina Beddoe at beddoet@onecumbria.education
