DfE: National Professional Qualification in Early Years Leadership (NPQEYL)
The National Professional Qualification in Early Years Leadership (NPQEYL), is a new fully-funded DfE programme for early years professionals.
The Department for Education (DfE) offers a range of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) designed to support the professional development of teachers and leaders. A reformed suite of NPQs is now available which have been developed in collaboration with the sector and are informed by the best available research and evidence.
The NPQ in Early Years Leadership will support you to develop expertise in leading high-quality early years education and care, as well as effective staff and organisational management.
About the course
The free NPQEYL develops and supports your existing expertise in leading high-quality education and care. It is for current or aspiring managers of private, voluntary and independent (PVI) nurseries, headteachers or leaders of school-based or maintained nurseries, and childminders with leadership responsibilities.
You will need to be qualified to at least level 3 to be eligible to apply.
The NPQEYL course will help staff gain confidence and develop skills in:
delivering high-quality early education and care
organisational management and staff development
giving constructive feedback to parents and carers
working with children who have additional and special educational needs
implementing improvements
You’ll get to train alongside peers with similar responsibilities. The course content focuses on the key challenges teachers face in their role.
Early years professionals helped to design this course to fit around busy schedules, so it does not add to your workload.
Find out more on the BEYN blog (next course cohort start: Oct 2023).