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AwardedAwarded 1 November 2026

Call-off Contract for the November 2026 cohort of the National Professional Qualifications (NPQs)

Department for Education · Education

In brief

Department for Education awarded training and education work to School-Led Development Trust, UCL Consultants Ltd (The Ear Institute) and Ambition Institute and 4 others on 1 November 2026.

The notice gives a value of £26,662,771 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 2 years, starting 1 November 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

Award of call-off contracts made via the National Professional Qualification (NPQ) and National Institute of Teaching (NIoT) framework agreements to deliver the November 2026 Cohort of National Professional Qualifications. For more details on the National Professional Qualifications please see: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-professional-qualifications-npqs-reforms/national-professional-qualifications-npqs-reforms Additional information: The award value is based on the total potential value awarded under this call-off and the individual call-off contract values are dependent on performance against recruitment and retention milestones. The department reserves the right to increase call-off contract values up to an additional 50%. In such instances the department will issue a revised award notice to account for any increase to the award value.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
School-Led Development Trust (SME)
UCL Consultants Ltd (The Ear Institute)
Ambition Institute (SME)
Best Practice Network Limited (SME)
Teach First
Church of Engand
Llse (SME)		£26,662,771
Awarded 1 November 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Contract award notice · notice 28756552-cfe1-4658-b676-870f2748ab39-920879

Last time this was bought

UK6 - Social Work National Professional Development Offer LOT 1 & LOT 2: Call Off Order 1

Won by
The Frontline Organisation, VSC Plus Limited
Awarded
23 September 2026
Value
Not stated, or split across lots

Matched on Department for Education, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

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From notice 28756552-cfe1-4658-b676-870f2748ab39-920879 on Contracts Finder, first published 6 November 2026. We last checked for changes on 6 November 2026.