Hi Darren.
I went for the NPPL (A) simply because as an old fart of then 66 I was very unlikely to go commercial. If you have any aspirations further than UK only, daylight only, VFR only & restricted to better than 5K vis, possibly, ref EASA, restricted to Annex 2 non EASA a/c. then go full PPL.
I think (I may be wrong) that NPPLs (A) will not be allowed to fly the Flying school CofA EASA aircraft after they get the licence.??