Professional development

• Application round dates

Application round dates

Current and forthcoming application round dates for all of our professional development programmes are available below.

Professional development programme	Closing date for applications	Next application round
Advanced Diploma of School Business Management	Closed	To be confirmed
Associate Academy Principal Programme	Closed	To be confirmed
Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Headteacher Internship Programme	Closed	To be confirmed
Certificate of School Business Management	Closed	February 2012
CIPFA Accredited Certificate in Financial Reporting for Academies	December 2012	To be confirmed
Diploma of School Business Management	23 April 2012 (applicants with school business management experience or independent applicants, who need to submit accreditation of prior experience and learning (APEL)) 7 May 2012 (applicants with school business management experience or independent applicants, who don't need to submit APEL)	To be confirmed
Equal Access to Promotion	Closed	To be confirmed
Fellowship Programme	Closed	27 February 2012
Future Leaders	6 March 2012	To be confirmed
Head Start	Always open	n/a
Head Start professional partners	Always open	n/a
Leadership Pathways	Closed	To be confirmed
Local Leaders of Education Programme	Closed	Autumn 2012
Middle Leadership Development Programme	29 February 2012	To be confirmed
National leaders of education and national support schools programme	13 February 2012	To be confirmed
National leaders of governance	Closed	To be confirmed
National Professional Qualification for Headship	Closed	To be confirmed
National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership	Closed	To be confirmed
National teaching schools	Closed	Autumn 2012
Ofsted Shadowing Programme	Always open	n/a
Outstanding Facilitator Programme	Closed	To be confirmed
Primary Executive Headteacher (PEH) provision	Always open	n/a
Research Associate Programme	Closed	To be confirmed
School Business Director Programme	Closed	To be confirmed
Specialist Leaders of Education Programme	Closed	To be confirmed
Strategic Leadership of Continuing Professional Development	Always open	n/a
Teaching Leaders	Open	To be confirmed