The government has set aside £22.6 million to help small schools support their staff to complete free national professional qualifications (NPQs) – suggesting take-up has not been as popular as hoped.
The Department for Education committed £184 million last year to provide 150,000 NPQs over the next three years. The free courses are available to teachers and leaders in all schools.
Participation data for the NPQs, released on Monday, shows that as of April 20, 29,153 NPQs had been started since autumn last year.
