Our Programmes

Our Bespoke Programmes for School Leaders

• Middle and Senior Leaders in Education – designed in partnership with the Pele Trust, to develop middle and early career senior leaders in their trust. See our impact report for more information
• Developing a Coaching Culture – originally funded by the North East Combined Authority and developed in partnership with Gosforth Schools Trust, this programme covers coaching techniques and concepts, as well as implementation planning and support for schools and trusts.
• Headteachers Programme for International Groups - this programme incorporates aspects of school and system leadership development with school visits and insights into the UK education system.
• Leading Professional Learning - Our Train the Trainer for Educational Trainers and Facilitators - equip trainers and subject matter experts, with the skills needed to train other adults and deliver Professional Development within their own context or organisation.
• Leadership in Literacy – a programme for primary and secondary practitioners with a leadership role in Literacy
• Leadership in Maths – a programme for primary and secondary practitioners with a leadership role in Maths 

Adaptive Power Teaching

• Power Teaching Primary Programme: Suitable for all year groups and curriculum areas across the primary phase. Radical improvements in oracy, engagement and behaviour safeguard and accelerate progress across the curriculum. 
• Power Writing Primary Programme: Power Writing provides a writing infrastructure which safeguards and accelerates writing progress and attainment across the primary phase. Writing will soon be formally tested again, in Y6, this programme will support schools to develop whole school structures and systems to facilitate the consistent and effective teaching of writing. 
• Power Reading Secondary Programme: Power Reading provides a reading infrastructure which safeguards and accelerates reading progress and attainment across Ks3. Created by a DfE Approved Phonics provider, Power Reading closes reading gaps quickly and effectively. 
• Power Maths Secondary Programme: Power Reading provides a reading infrastructure which safeguards and accelerates reading progress and attainment across Ks3, providing all staff with the tools and methods needed to effectively teach all aspects of reading across all developmental stages. 

• Training 6 x 2hr sessions at school or at Newcastle University  
• Additional classroom training and support available  
• Flexible timing  
• Unlimited participants per school: Leadership and Teaching Staff welcome 

National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) for teachers and leaders

NUELC, as a member of NETSP, has delivered NPQs since their inception, both as an independent provider and as part of national consortia - initially as a founding partner of School-Led network, and as of February 2023, through the National Institute of Teaching (NIoT). Newcastle University is a founding partner of the Institute, as well as the assessment partner. 

If you would like to apply to be a participant in the next cohort of the NPQ programmes, you can apply here. 

If you are a participant who has passed the assessment for the NPQ, you will be eligible for 20 credits which can be used towards a PGCert qualification. For further information visit our Masters Credits webpage.

Early Career Teaceher Entitlement for ECTs and Mentors

NUELC, as a member of NETSP, has been part of the writing and delivery of the UCL Early Career Framework (ECF) programme since the initial pilot in 2020, and is now proud to be delivering the Early Career Teaceher Entitlement (ECTE) in partnership with the UCL Institute of Education.

Our programme for Early Career Teachers and their mentors is written by practitioners for practitioners in the region.

It is unique among the ECTE programmes in following a practitioner inquiry model in the second year, allowing ECTs to focus on the areas of their practice they most want to develop, and preparing them for a lifetime of reflective practice.