Students should be resident in Wales; Educated to degree level or equivalent; Have qualified teacher status (QTS) and be registered with the EWC as a teacher in a school, an advisory teacher in a local authority or a teacher in a setting such as a pupil referral unit (QTS and EWC registration must be maintained throughout the course of the programme) OR be a college lecturer and be registered with the EWC (EWC registration must be maintained throughout the course); Be employed by a maintained school in Wales / college in Wales / local authority in Wales as a teacher / lecturer / advisory teacher OR be employed by a registered independent school or specialist college; Be employed on a minimum of 0.4 FTE contracts, this can include supply teachers/lecturers who are on long term contracts either with a Local Authority, school, college or an agency; Be accepted/enrolled on this specific Masters in Education offered by the seven partnership HEIs; Follow the Leadership Pathway; Candidates should have, where possible, the required approvals and support from their employer (school, local authority, setting or college) to undertake the National Masters in Education; Where someone has already achieved a subject specific Masters, they are still eligible to apply for the funding towards this programme; No other Masters in Education qualifications offered by the HEIs are eligible for this funding.