NPQ in Early Years Leadership (NPQEYL)

Programme Breakdown

The NPQEYL is aimed at leaders working in early years education, ideally qualified to at least Level 3. This includes colleagues who are, or who aspire to be, a nursery manager, a headteacher of a school-based or maintained nursery, a teacher or EYFS leader in school, or a registered childminder with leadership responsibilities. To be eligible, settings must be Ofsted-registered.

Designed with busy early years practitioners/teachers in mind, the NPQEYL is delivered using a blend of online seminars, flexible online learning and face to face conferences.

How will I learn?

You will broaden your leadership knowledge and gain the specialist expertise needed to tackle your organisation’s improvement priorities with content covering the breadth of knowledge you need as a leader.  

Modules include:

• Organisational management
• Culture
• Child development and curriculum
• Communication, language and literacy
• Personal, social and emotional development
• Assessment
• Additional special educational needs and disabilities
• Professional development
• Working in partnership
• Implementation

How will I benefit?

• Get the tools to implement and sustain meaningful change in your setting.
• Learn how to create an effective culture and align your staff in your setting’s mission.
• Build a thriving environment in which all staff  and children feel supported and valued with opportunities to develop.
• Become a part of the community of leaders across Early Years settings and contexts and learn how they faced and overcame similar challenges. 
• Learn how to embed a culture where all children can succeed
• Greater insight into the systems and sources of effective leadership practice