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Change description : 2025-12-22 14:00:00: Recruitment for the autumn 2025 NPQ cohort has now closed. [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

Funding for national professional qualifications (NPQs)

Find out if you’re eligible for scholarship funding that will pay for your NPQ course fees.

From:
Department for Education
Published
24 July 2025
Last updated
522 SeptemberDecember 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Funding for national professional qualifications (NPQs)(NPQs): autumn 2025

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Recruitment for the autumn 2025 NPQ cohort has now closed.

Guidance on funding for the autumn 2026 NPQ cohort will be published in spring 2026.

This guidance is for teachers and leaders who want to study for national professional qualifications (NPQs).

It tells you in which instances the Department for Education (DfE) will pay for your course fees.

It may also be of interest to course providers.

Updates to this page

Published 24 July 2025
Last updated 522 SeptemberDecember 2025 + show all updates

  1. Recruitment for the autumn 2025 NPQ cohort has now closed.

  2. Updated the 'Scholarship funding for autumn 2025' and 'Early years' sections of the 'Funding for national professional qualifications (NPQs)' guidance. Added a 'Returning teachers' section.

  3. First published.

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Update history

2025-12-22 14:00
Recruitment for the autumn 2025 NPQ cohort has now closed.

2025-09-05 14:25
Updated the ‘Scholarship funding for autumn 2025’ and ‘Early years’ sections of the ‘Funding for national professional qualifications (NPQs)’ guidance. Added a ‘Returning teachers’ section.

2025-07-24 10:00
First published.