What is the NPQLPM?
What is the NPQLPM?
The National Professional Qualification for Leading Primary Maths will equip you with the knowledge, skills, experience and network to know how to lead Maths in a primary phase or whole-school.
This course builds on the knowledge you already have as an experienced teacher or middle leader, in addition to your prior learning about Maths mastery, and focuses on what you need to know and be able to do to effectively lead the Maths practice of others. You will learn:
- How to develop colleagues’ Maths teaching and lesson design
- How to develop and implement a coherent Maths curriculum that supports pupils’ long term learning in Maths
- How do develop a school culture where staff and pupils have a positive attitude to Maths
- How to lead a culture of professional learning and continuous improvement for colleagues
- How to support colleagues to adapt their teaching for different pupil needs
- How to create assessments and feedback systems that enable colleagues to know the next steps to be successful in teaching Maths to their pupils
- How to plan and deliver changes and improvements across your setting in Maths teaching and learning
Who should take the NPQLPM?
The National Professional Qualification for Leading Primary Maths is aimed at experienced and effective teachers who have, or aspire to have, the responsibility for leading Maths in a year group, key stage, phase or whole-school. You might be a current or aspiring Head of Maths, or holding another teaching and learning responsibility and looking to expand your remit to lead others in curriculum and teaching. Whatever your current role or career aims, the NPQLPM will develop your ability to lead others well and influence their practice in the Maths classroom.
Why the NPQLPM with the NIoT?
Our programmes are school-led: they are delivered by individuals who work in schools, right now. That means they have the in-depth, domain-specific knowledge to help you grapple with content at the right level, and to support you to problem-solve and apply learning to your own context.
Our programmes are centred on impact: our aim is for your practice to improve and develop in your current context, and for you to be ready and to take the next step in your career as a result of learning with us. We have designed our programmes carefully, and work closely with school leaders through our regional structures, as well as working with participants, to ensure our programmes are impactful in your context.
Our programmes are respectful of your time: we know you spend most of your time doing the most important job there is – serving the children in your community. That’s why our programmes are designed to be flexible, to deliver exactly what you need in the most time-efficient manner possible, and to have impact.
Our programmes are rooted in research: every aspect of what you learn is based on the best available research as well as what we have seen and experienced to work best in our founding multi-academy trusts and associate colleges.
Our programmes allow you to build a community: our in-person local seminars are focused on peer learning and problem solving together. As well as applying your learning to your own context, you will have the opportunity to build your network and support one another’s development beyond your time learning with the NIoT.