ESCC Education Division Approved Provider List (EDAPL)
- Buyer
- East Sussex County Council
- Value
- £6,000,000
- Closes
- 30 September 2028
- Where
- Lewes, the South East
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
East Sussex County Council is building a list of approved education consultants and trainers who can help improve schools across the county. They'll call off work as needed from this list over 4 years, spending up to £1 million per year on training, school reviews, governance support, safeguarding, and leadership development.
What the buyer wants
• Provide training and support to schools on leadership, curriculum, behaviour, attendance, and staff development • Carry out school improvement reviews and challenge sessions with school leaders • Take on interim leadership or governance roles in struggling schools • Support safeguarding arrangements and statutory intervention work • Conduct research and evaluation of education practice • Deliver project and strategy support across the education division
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
If you have no experience working in UK schools or lack knowledge of UK school governance, curriculum, and assessment structures, you will struggle to meet their needs, they've explicitly flagged this concern for non-UK based applicants. Fully remote-only providers are not preferred.
How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
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