The National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services, who have run the National Professional Qualification for Headship since 2001, provided the following data:
APPS GRADS APPS GRADS APPS GRADS APPS GRADS 2001 n/k 201 n/k 163 n/k 23 n/k 387 2002 2,426 1,726 1,549 920 201 141 4,176 2,787 2003 3,082 1,943 1,899 1,209 210 127 5,191 3,279 2004 3,121 2,294 2,031 1,368 164 177 5,316 3,839 2005 2,682 2,450 2,022 1,582 551 205 5,255 4,237 2006 2,487 2,492 1,702 1,662 473 255 4,662 4,409 2007 2,836 2,574 1,847 1,841 309 308 4,992 4,723 2008 1,178 2,356 337 1,428 300 223 1,815 4,007 2009 534 455 134 160 225 88 893 703 Total 18,346 16,491 11,521 10,333 2,433 1,547 32,300 28,371 Notes: 1. Data are unavailable for the period 1997-2000. 2. 2001 application figures not recorded. 3. 2009 figures only cover partial recruitment for this year as this is not yet completed. 4. NPQH takes 12 months to complete, so those starting in 2008 graduate in 2009