Funding for national professional qualifications (NPQs)
Funding for courses and educational settings to help teachers and leaders take NPQs for their professional development.
Applies to England
National professional qualifications (NPQs) are flexible professional development courses for teachers and leaders to improve skills, progress careers and deliver improved outcomes for schools.
You may be able to get your NPQ course fees paid for by the Department for Education (DfE). This is called scholarship funding. You do not need to apply for it.
When you register for an NPQ, DfE will tell you if you are eligible for funding.
The register for an NPQ service is currently closed, as recruitment for spring 2025 NPQ courses has ended. You can request an email notification telling you when the service will reopen for registration for future cohorts.
The scholarship eligibility criteria for future NPQ cohorts will be confirmed on this page in due course.
Updates to this page
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Updated the page to state that the register for an NPQ service is currently closed and scholarship criteria will be updated in due course.
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We have published lists of schools, 16 to 19 settings and early years settings which are eligible for funding for spring 2025. We have updated the page to reflect this.
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Updated information about funding for 2025.
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Updated to clarify NPQ scholarship criteria.
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Updated information about funding for autumn 2024 and added a 'Settings eligible for scholarship funding' section.
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Updated with details of scholarship funding for autumn 2024.
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First published.