Targeted support funding for national professional qualifications
Guidance about targeted support funding for schools and 16 to 19 organisations with 1 to 600 pupils for the 2022 to 2023 and 2023 to 2024 academic years.
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Guidance on the targeted support payments for schools and 16 to 19 organisations with 1 to 600 pupils, state -funded primary schools with 1 to 150 pupils and state-funded primary schools with more than 150 pupils that employ teachers and leaders who take national professional qualifications (NPQs). These payments are for each respective academic year for 2022 to 2023 and 2023 to 2024. However, please note for state-funded primary schools with 1 to 150 pupils the payment is only applicable for the academic year 2023 to 2024.
This guidance is for:
- headteachers
- schools staff
- local authorities
It applies to:
- academies and free schools
- city technology college
- community schools
- foundation schools
- further education colleges
- pupil referral units
- secure units
- service children’s education
- sixth form colleges
- special schools and special post-16 institutions
- studio schools
- university technical college
- voluntary aided and voluntary controlled schools
Conditions of grant
This guidance sets out the terms and conditions applied to the NPQ targeted support fund grant allocations and payments to eligible organisations in each respective academic year for 2022 to 2023 and 2023 and 2024.
Eligibility for the grant is assessed at the point of registration and based on the information provided during this process, including pupil information. For state-funded primary schools with 1 to 150 pupils and state-funded primary schools with more than 150 pupils funding amounts may vary dependant on the point of registration. You can refer to further information in section 2: eligibility of the national professional qualification targeted support funding: conditions of grant for the 2023 to 2024 academic year.)
Allocations
You can view the academic year 2022 to 2023 and academic year 2023 to 2024 grant funding for the national professional qualification (NPQ) targeted support funding grant on the allocations spreadsheets. Please note the following on the 2024 allocations spreadsheet:
- column G lists the NPQ targeted support funding standard amount (£200.00 paid per participant to all eligible schools)
- column H lists NPQ targeted support funding primary plus amount (additional £600 paid per participant to state-funded primary schools with 1 to 150 pupils).
Payments
We will make payments in arrears during the summer term following when the NPQ participants begin their course. Eligibility is assessed at the point of registration and based on the information provided during this process.
Allocation payments for the academic year 2022 to 2023 were made to academies and maintained schools, via their local authority in June 2023. A further payment to independent special schools has been made from July 2023 onwards.
We made a sweep up payment in autumn 2023, to ensure all eligible schools and organisations not captured in the summer 2023 payment window were paid in year.
Allocation payments for the academic year 2023 to 2024 will be made to academies and maintained schools, via their local authority in June 2024, and a further payment to independent special schools will be made from July 2024 onwards.
We will make a sweep up payment in autumn 2024, to ensure all eligible schools and organisations not captured in the summer 2024 payment window will be paid in year.
Further information
You can read further information on targeted support funding,
You can read more information about national professional qualifications (NPQs) reforms.
For any further information, contact continuing-professional-development@digital.education.gov.uk.
Last updated 24 June 2024 + show all updates
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We have published the 'National professional qualification (NPQ) targeted support funding grant allocations (small schools) 2024' spreadsheet.
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We have published the revised 'National professional qualification (NPQ) targeted support funding grant allocations (small schools) October and November 2023' spreadsheet for participants who started in the 2022 to 2023 academic year, to include the sweep up payments we will make in October/November 2023.
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Added spreadsheets showing 16 to 19 organisations eligible for targeted support funding, and updated links.
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National professional qualification targeted support funding grant: conditions of grant for the 2022 to 2023 academic year - we have updated the 'Eligibility' section of this document to advise users that eligibility is assessed at the point of registration and based on the information provided during this process. We have also updated the wording in the final paragraph of the 'Assurance' section in line with wording in the 2023 to 2024 conditions of grant. We have published the national professional qualification (NPQ) targeted support funding grant allocations (small schools) June 2023 spreadsheet for participants who started in the 2022 to 2023 academic year.
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Targeted support funding for national professional qualifications landing page - we have updated wording to include reference to the conditions of grant 2023 to 2024. National professional qualification targeted support funding: conditions of grant 2022 to 2023 academic year - we have updated wording in Section 1. National professional qualification targeted support funding: conditions of grant 2023 to 2024 academic year - has been added to the page.
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We've added in an extra paragraph within the payments section for local authorities.
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