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How the NPQs make professional development work for your school
In this article, we break down the national professional qualifications (NPQs), and outline five ways they will make professional development work better for your school.
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Melissa shares her journey to parenthood
Ambition Institute colleague Melissa Thomson-Mead shares her experiences of the journey to parenthood, and how Ambition Institute have supported her to build and take care of her family.
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Can I do an NPQ when I’m on maternity leave?
Starting a family shouldn't be a barrier to continuing your development. We discuss the flexibility of our NPQ programmes and how they can be completed on maternity and parental leave, to empower and inspire educators to do what's right for them.
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New NPQ framework for early years leaders: four reasons to be excited
Research by the Education Policy Institute has found that 40% of the attainment gap is already evident by the age of five, making early years settings crucial for excellent, high-quality, early years education and care. In this blog, early years expert Rebecca Curtis reflects on early years leadership professional development provision and explores the new NPQEYL framework, from specificity to settings to the 'golden thread'.
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Leading literacy in schools: aims, challenges, and solutions
Sarah Bagshaw-McCormick unpicks what we know about leading literacy in schools, the challenges currently faced by literacy leaders in the sector, and possible professional development solutions.
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Early Career Teachers programme: Your questions answered
Ambition Institute's programmes team answer your questions on the Early Career Teachers (ECT) programme, our offering for newly qualified teachers following the DfE Early Career Framework. We cover queries such as what is the early career framework? How flexible is the programme? What are the time commitments? What is a delivery partner? and How do I get help with Steplab?
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