OLP News

Full DfE scholarships confirmed for Autumn 2020 NPQ intake
  March 04 2020
Full DfE scholarships for our NPQs will be made available for the Autumn 2020 NPQ intake.
International NPQH - Eliz Dadson case study
  February 28 2020
Eliz chose Best Practice Network’s NPQH for international schools programme after a long period of professional reflection. “I knew that I wanted to lead a school and have a more direct impact in the lives of the young people in my care,” she says.
10% Discount for International NPQs
  February 24 2020
Applications are now open for our Autumn 2020 International NPQ Intake with a 10% discounted price available.
International Distance NPQML - Scott Shovelton case study
  February 18 2020
Scott Shovelton’s NPQML project provided a major boost to pastoral support at his school in Qatar. Scott, who is head of Physical Education at Doha British School’s Al Wakra campus, developed a learning mentor programme for one of the qualification’s required school improvement projects.
Teacher wellbeing: With you, for you, about you...
  February 12 2020
Professional development is the thread running through one school’s innovative retention and wellbeing strategy. Yvonne Gandy finds out more
CPD: Books on the balcony...
  January 21 2020

NPQ

School leaders can find inspiration and solutions if they build reading for professional development into their schedules, says Yvonne Gandy.
Final call for NPQ scholarship applications
  December 04 2019
Last chance to access a fully-funded place on one of our NPQ qualifications.
Lifting our heads – and joining the dots
  December 02 2019
A new era of strategic collaboration to deliver CPD for school improvement is in reach, delegates to Outstanding Leaders Partnership’s first regional conference heard last week.
Staff restructuring and difficult decisions
  November 14 2019
A thorough, methodical and sensitive approach is vital when it comes to making difficult staffing decisions in the face of struggling budgets, says primary trust leader Karen Burns
PRU professionals get ready to start their NPQ journeys
  November 14 2019
Teachers at five pupil referral units (PRUs) around the country are preparing to start their National Professional Qualification studies following their wins in a Best Practice Network draw.