DfE NPQ Funding for Small Schools

The DfE has announced an update to the Targeted Support and Delivery Fund offer from next academic year to encourage and support teachers and leaders working in small state-funded settings to participate in NPQs.

  • A grant payment of £200 will be made to primary schools (of any size)
  • £200 grant payment will be made to other schools and 16-19 organisations with 1-600 pupils for each teacher they employ who takes an NPQ
  • An additional £600, totalling £800, will be available per participant where the employing organisation is a primary school with 1-150 pupils.