NEW:NPQ Funding Autumn 2026

Funding for the Autumn 2026 cohort is targeted at leaders and aspiring leaders in all schools.

The following programmes are fully funded for all schools:

NPQH (Headship)

NPQSL (Senior Leadership)

NPQSENCO (SENCO’s)

NPQEYL (Early Years leaders)

In addition, it is also targeted at teachers who work in the most challenging schools or educational settings, serving more disadvantaged communities and therefore all programmes are fully funded for schools who meet the DfE eligibility criteria:

· the 50% of schools with the highest proportion of students who attract pupil premium funding

· early years and 16 to 19 educational settings identified as having high disadvantage To know whether your school is eligible for funding, please refer to DfE NPQ eligibility lists HERE.

The NPQ DfE eligibility lists for 2026 can be found HERE

For any schools who were not eligible for funded places on programmes, the cost associated with each programme in 2026 is outlined in the chart below. 

If you have any questions, please contact the GLF NPQ team:

For GLF Trust Schools;  Kellie Hall Khall1@glfschools.org

For West Sussex Schools; Caroline Carroll caroline.carroll@millais.org.uk