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AwardedAwarded 13 March 2026

Evidence-Based Early Years Maths Programme

Department for Education · Education

In brief

Department for Education awarded training and education work to National Day Nurseries Association on 13 March 2026.

The notice gives a value of £4,500,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 41 months, starting 1 April 2026.

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

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What the notice says

The Department for Education is commissioning an evidence-based early maths programme aimed at improving numeracy outcomes for children in early years settings across England. Early maths skills are strongly linked to later academic achievement and workforce success, yet many children begin school without the expected level of development in maths. Despite its importance within the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), maths remains one of the lowest-performing areas, partly due to limited training and confidence among educators. This contract will support the delivery of an evidence-based early maths programme to at least 5,000 settings, with a minimum completion rate of 80%, and requires programmes to be backed by robust evaluation, either a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) or Quasi-Experimental Design (QED) plus an implementation and process evaluation (IPE).

Who won

WinnerValueDates
National Day Nurseries Association (SME)
2 bids received
£4,407,915
Awarded 6 February 2026
1 April 2026 to 31 August 2029

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

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 070870-2025
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 010921-2026
  3. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 027425-2026

Last time this was bought

Early Years Delivery Partners & Early Years Training Partners Contracts

Awarded
15 April 2026
Value
Not stated, or split across lots
Contract ends
31 March 2028

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 070870-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 4 November 2025, last updated 25 March 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.