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    ContractsCall-off Contracts for November 2026 National Professional Qualifications Training Delivery
    Awarded contract

    Call-off Contracts for November 2026 National Professional Qualifications Training Delivery

    Awarded
    £26.7m
    Published 6 Nov 2026

    Deliver National Professional Qualifications training to school leaders and staff in the November 2026 cohort through NIoT framework call-off contracts with performance-based funding.

    🇬🇧United KingdomPublished 6 Nov 2026· TodayviaContracts Finder
    Awarded
    £26.7m
    Published 6 Nov 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £26,662,771
      Pounds sterling
    • Tender closed
      31 Oct 2026
      6 days ago
    • Sector
      Education & Training
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Suppliers

    7 suppliers
    • AI
      Ambition Institute
    Lead contractor
  1. UC
    UCL Consultants Limited
    Consortium partner
  2. TF
    Teach First
    Consortium partner
  3. CE
    Church of Engand
    Consortium partner
  4. LL
    LLSE
    Consortium partner
  5. BP
    Best Practice Network
    Consortium partner
  6. SD
    School-Led Development Trust
    Consortium partner
  7. Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published today.

    6 Nov 202631 Oct 2026

    Brief

    This is an invitation to deliver training for the November 2026 cohort of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) through existing framework agreements with the National Institute of Teaching (NIoT). Successful providers will deliver professional development qualifications to school leaders and staff across England. Contract values are performance-based and depend on achieving recruitment and retention milestones. The department may increase awarded contract values by up to 50% if performance targets are met, with revised notices issued accordingly. Providers should be approved NPQ delivery partners registered on the NIoT framework. For full details on NPQ reforms and qualification specifications, visit the government's NPQ reforms guidance.

    Track record

    38 awards · 33 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In education training, DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION has awarded 38 contracts to 33 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. Ambition Institute4× · 11%
    2. TITUS LEARNING LTD.2× · 5%
    3. THE SCHOOL OF GOOD SERVICES LTD2× · 5%
    4. Forge Academy1× · 3%
    5. Professor Jeremy Hodgen (Individual)1× · 3%
    6. E James Consultancy Ltd1× · 3%

    +27 more suppliers

    Across education training, the most active winners are SHANNON TRUST, QA Ltd, FAREPORT TRAINING ORGANISATION LIMITED — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    contractsfinder.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    28756552-cfe1-4658-b676-870f2748ab39-920879

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