Data set from Teacher and leader development: ECTE and NPQs

NPQ completion 2025-26

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The number of NPQ starts, completions, passes, the completion rate and the pass rate broken down by funding, course type, geography, school and pupil characteristics.

Data set details

Theme
Teachers and school workforce
Publication
Teacher and leader development: ECTE and NPQs
Release
Academic year 2025/26
Release type
Number of rows
816
Geographic levels
National, Regional
Indicators
  • Completion rate
  • NPQ completions
  • NPQ passes
Filters
  • Funding
  • Group name
Time period
2021/22 to 2024/25

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_namefundingbreakdowngroup_namenpq_startsnpq_completednpq_passedpercentage_completion_ratepercentage_pass_rate
202122Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandOverallOverallOverall30550259522561984.998.7
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandOverallOverallOverall37200310783042383.597.9
202324Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandOverallOverallOverall42179347093337582.396.2
202425Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandOverallOverallOverall274513589337613.194.1
202122Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandFundedOverallOverall29888253862505684.998.7

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 7 variables
Variable nameVariable description
fundingFunding
group_nameGroup name
npq_completedNPQ completions
npq_passedNPQ passes
npq_startsNPQ starts

Footnotes

  1. The completion rate is the percentage of starts that have completed; NPQs can take up to 22 months to complete so the reporting is lagged by two years.
  2. The pass rate is the percentage of completions where the participant has passed.
  3. The appearance of 'u' in the table indicates observation of low reliability due to certain subgroups of population having fewer than 30 individuals
  4. The breakdown for academies also includes free schools.
  5. The appearance of 'z' in the table indicates that the metric is not applicable to this category. This could be as no teachers in this group appear in the School Workforce Census for this category, or for retention, not enough time has passed to be able to look at the two-year figure.
  6. The 'Other' category includes all-through schools covering nursery, primary, and secondary levels.
  7. Some independent special schools are eligible for NPQ funding under Section 41 of the Children and Families Act 2014. These schools are included in the 'special schools' category
  8. The ‘Other types’ category includes city technology colleges, further education establishments, sixth form centres, special post-16 institutions and universities. It also includes non-maintained special schools and some independent special schools eligible for funding under Section 41 of the Children and Families Act 2014.
  9. Pupil premium decile is a measure of disadvantage. A school is allocated funding for pupils that meet the pupil premium criteria (opens in new tab). Data is collected on the percentage of pupils within each school that qualify. In this publication we look at the decile split of schools in terms of this pupil premium percentage.
  10. The appearance of 'c' in the table indicates that the data has been suppressed due to low counts.
  11. NPQ starts in international schools are not included. See the methodology note for more detail.

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