Thinking
The latest thinking from our team of experts and our community of frontline educators.
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Develop yourself and your colleagues with an NPQ in Leading Teacher Development
This article explores the National Professional Qualification for Leading Teacher Development (NPQLTD) and how it can equip you to lead professional development across your school setting.
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How can early years settings benefit from CPD?
Our team of programme experts explain the new National Professional Qualification in Early Years Leadership (NPQEYL), including funding, eligibility, and course content.
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New NPQ framework for early years leaders: four reasons to be excited
Research by the Education Policy Institute has found that 40% of the attainment gap is already evident by the age of five, making early years settings crucial for excellent, high-quality, early years education and care. In this blog, early years expert Rebecca Curtis reflects on early years leadership professional development provision and explores the new NPQEYL framework, from specificity to settings to the 'golden thread'.
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Leading literacy in schools: aims, challenges, and solutions
Sarah Bagshaw-McCormick unpicks what we know about leading literacy in schools, the challenges currently faced by literacy leaders in the sector, and possible professional development solutions.
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Time travelling headteacher: 9 tips for my former self
Before Rebecca Curtis joined Ambition Institute, she was a headteacher for eight years. In this new blog, she provides some top tips to her past self, from network building, to spending more time with pupils when the going gets tough.