AwardedAwarded 30 April 2026

Supply Teachers and Education Recruitment

Crown Commercial Service · Central government

In brief

Crown Commercial Service awarded recruitment work to Withheld Section94 supplier, The Growth Company Limited and Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited and 219 others on 30 April 2026.

It is a framework worth up to £2,000,000,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 3 years, up to 4 years with extensions, starting 29 May 2026.

It is split into 2 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.

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

Government Commercial Agency, as the Authority, intends to put in place an agreement for the provision of temporary and permanent staffing for use by schools and educational establishments (excluding independent/for profit schools) The lotting structure is: Lot 1 - Preferred supplier list Lot 2 - Master Vendor Managed Service Full list of successful/unsuccesful suppliers can be found on our website: https://www.gca.gov.uk/agreements/RM6376

Lots

LotTradeValue
Teachers and Education Recruitment
29 May 2026 to 28 May 2029
What this lot covers

An agency selection tool to hire temporary, fixed term, and permanent workers directly from a recruitment agency.

Recruitment and staffing£2,000,000,000
Managed Service
29 May 2026 to 28 May 2029
What this lot covers

A managed service provider (including Master and Neutral Vend models) who will provide all staffing needs. The recruitment business will use their supply chain of other agencies to support meeting staffing needs where needed.

Recruitment and staffing£2,000,000,000

Who won

WinnerLotValueDates
Withheld Section94 supplier
The Growth Company Limited
Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Axis Recruitment Limited
Prospero Group
AESN Limited (SME)
Ackerman Pierce Education Ltd (SME)
Coyle Personnel Limited
Nutrix Personnel Limited
Vision for Education (SME)
Just Teachers Limited (SME)
Tradewind Recruitment Ltd
Dovetail and Slate Limited (SME)
Educato Limited
Deen Consult Services Ltd (SME)
Imperial Recruitment Limited (SME)
Service Care Solutions Limited (SME)
Randstad Solutions Limited (SME)
Anzuk Education Ltd
Teaching Personnel Limited
Huntress Search Limited
Concept Care Solutions (SME)
Hunter Gatherer Ahp Resourcing Limited (SME)
Affinity Workforce Solutions Limited
PK Education Limited (SME)
Applebough Recruitment Ltd (SME)
Elite Supply Services Limited (SME)
Tempest Resourcing Limited (SME)
Yolk Recruitment Limited (SME)
Now Education Group Limited (SME)
Academic Appointments Ltd (SME)
Aspire People Limited (SME)
Choice Teachers Limited (SME)
Engage Education Limited (SME)
GUARDIAN SELECTION LIMITED (GSL Education)
Mesa Education Ltd (SME)
Principal Resourcing Limited (SME)
Veritas Education (Preston) Ltd (SME)
Zen Educate Limited (SME)
3d Recruit Limited (SME)
Bounce Teachers (SME)
Choice Teachers (South) Ltd (SME)
DCM Recruitment Ltd (SME)
Es Solutions Group Ltd
Humly Ltd
Kent Teaching Solutions Ltd (SME)
Niche Education Ltd (SME)
Progress Teachers Ltd (SME)
Protocol Education Limited
Qa Teaching Ltd (SME)
Recruit2schools Ltd (SME)
Spencer Clarke Group Limited (SME)
Step Teachers Limited
Teaching Tomorrow Ltd (SME)
The Staffroom Agency Ltd (SME)
Zentar Healthcare Limited (SME)
Equal Education Partners Limited (SME)
K & G Recruitment Consultancy Limited
Sahl Recruitment Ltd (SME)
Athona Education Limited (SME)
Principal Recruitment Technology Ltd (SME)
Master Class Education Ltd (SME)
Eight Corp Ltd (SME)
Strategy Education Ltd (SME)
Create Education Ltd (SME)
Sanza Teaching Agency Limited (SME)
Career Teachers Limited
Milk Education (SME)
Sprint Education Recruitment Ltd (SME)
Tib Services Ltd (SME)
Calculate Recruitment Limited (SME)
Simply Education Limited (SME)
Supply Desk Limited (SME)
Revised Recruitment Group Limited (SME)
Ackerman Pierce Limited (SME)
Certus Education Limited (SME)
U-Educate Ltd (SME)
Smart Education Recruitment Ltd (SME)
Balfor Group Limited (SME)
Teacheractive Limited (SME)
Key Education Services Limited (SME)
Opus Teach Limited (SME)
Connex Education Partnership Limited (SME)
4myschools Ltd
Prosports Holdings Limited
Mat Recruitment Ltd (SME)
Worldwide Teaching Ltd (SME)
Trust Education Limited (SME)
Team Educate Ltd (SME)
Castle Employment Agency Ltd (SME)
Maze Recruitment Group (SME)
Berry Recruitment Ltd (SME)
Brook Street (Uk) Limited
Hoople Limited (SME)
Inspiring Teaching Ltd
Pertemps Professional Recruitment Limited
Sheldon Phillips Limited (SME)
Recruit 365 Ltd (SME)
SR Career Solutions UK Limited (SME)
Think Recruitment (UK) Limited
360medicare Personnel Limited (SME)
Advantage Education Recruitment Limited (SME)
Ambassadors Resourcing Ltd (SME)
Amo Education Ltd (SME)
Apex Educ8 LTD (SME)
Apollo Teaching Services (SME)
Apple a Day supply (SME)
Astar Education
Astro Education
AWS Education Limited
Axcis Education
Baker Beckett Enterprises Ltd (SME)
Beacon Education Limited (SME)
Belmont Recruitment Limited (SME)
Best In Class Bradford Limited (SME)
Blackstone Recruitment (SME)
BumbleBee Education Ltd
CERT Solutions Ltd (SME)
City of York Trading Ltd
Class People
Class Solutions Recruitment Ltd (SME)
Clearly Education Ltd (SME)
Clockwork Education Ltd (SME)
Coba Education Ltd (SME)
Colmore Education Recruitment Ltd (SME)
Corus Consultancy (SME)
Desian Recruitment LTD (SME)
Dunbar Recruitment Group Ltd (SME)
Educate Resourcing Ltd (SME)
Educate Staffing (SME)
Education Experts (SME)
Education Network Limited
Education World Ltd (SME)
educationRnR Ltd (SME)
Educo Recruitment Ltd (SME)
Elite Teaching Solutions (SME)
Emerald247 (SME)
Envision Education Ltd (SME)
Ethos Education Ltd (SME)
Excell Supply Ltd (SME)
First Call Employment Limited (SME)
First Class Education Recruitment Services Ltd (SME)
First Class Supply & Tutoring Ltd (SME)
Five Education Recruitment Limited (SME)
Flourish Education (SME)
Grade A Recruitment Ltd (SME)
Group Eleven (SME)
Hazel Tree Education LTD (SME)
Heart Teaching Ltd (SME)
Hoop Recruitment Ltd
HRR Recruitment Limited (SME)
Impact Teachers Limited (SME)
Interaction Recruitment PLC
Just Teachers (SME)
Keystage Teacher Supply Limited (SME)
Leeds Supply Service
Link3 Recruitment (SME)
Local Education Limited (SME)
Long Term Futures Ltd (SME)
Long-term Teachers (SME)
m2r Limited (SME)
Mana Education (SME)
Manaba Ltd (SME)
Megalo Recruit Ltd (SME)
Milestone Education Ltd (SME)
New Directions Education Limited (SME)
New Formation Education (SME)
Opogo Limited (SME)
Paragon Education Recruitment Ltd (SME)
Parker Rae Recruitment LTD TA Riley Personnel (SME)
Parker Smith Inclusion Limited (SME)
Philosophy Education Ltd (SME)
Pink Tile Education L:td (SME)
Pioneer People Limited (SME)
Ramsy Health Care Ltd
Red Apple Education (SME)
Ribbons & Reeves (SME)
Romano Education Limited (SME)
RP Consultancy Yorks Ltd trading as James Ray Recruitment (SME)
SAAF Supply LTD (SME)
School House Recruitment Ltd (SME)
Schools Mutual Services Limited (SME)
Secured Supply Ltd (SME)
Sense Corp LTD (SME)
Smile Education (SME)
Somerset Education Alliance Ltd (Trading as Supply Education Alliance) (SME)
Source Supply Teacher Ltd (SME)
Staff for Education (SME)
Standby Education Limited (SME)
Step by Step Education Ltd (SME)
Supply Heroes LTD (SME)
Supply Personnel Ltd (SME)
Supply Star Recruitment (SME)
System People Ltd (SME)
T4 Teachers.com (SME)
Talent Recruitment Group T/A Talent Education (SME)
Teach 360 Limited (SME)
Teach Alliance Limtied (SME)
Teach Match Recruitment Limited (SME)
Teachers Together (SME)
Textbook Teachers Education and Recruitment Services Ltd (SME)
The Classroom Partnership Limited (SME)
The Education Network (Birmingham) Limited
The Teach Team Ltd (SME)
The Teachers Hub (SME)
Three R's Teacher Recruitment (SME)
TSR Education Ltd (SME)
UK Personnel Group Limited (SME)
Value Education Ltd (SME)
Verbatim Education (SME)
Vetro Recruitment (SME)
Vision Teaching Ltd (SME)
We Educate Recruitment LTD (SME)
West Country Educational Agency Ltd (SME)
Whofoundwho Limited (SME)
Winner Education Ltd (SME)
Wright Choice Education (SME)
Yorkshire Education Recruitment Limited (SME)
Zest Education (SME)
1 bid received
Teachers and Education Recruitment£2,000,000,000
30 April 2026 to 29 April 2029
Withheld Section94 supplier
Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Prospero Group
Vision for Education (SME)
Tradewind Recruitment Ltd
Dovetail and Slate Limited (SME)
Randstad Solutions Limited (SME)
Teaching Personnel Limited
Affinity Workforce Solutions Limited
Aspire People Limited (SME)
Zen Educate Limited (SME)
Engage Partners Limited (SME)
Neuven Solutions Limited
Link3 Recruitment (SME)
Smile Education (SME)
The Classroom Partnership Limited (SME)
1 bid received
Managed Service£2,000,000,000
30 April 2026 to 29 April 2029
Withheld Section94 supplier
1 bid received
Teachers and Education Recruitment£2,000,000,000
Awarded 20 April 2026
Withheld Section94 supplier
1 bid received
Managed Service£2,000,000,000
Awarded 20 April 2026

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

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 074295-2025
  2. Tender notice · UK4, notice 074937-2025
  3. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 035796-2026
  4. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 048884-2026
  5. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 068930-2026

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From notice 074295-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 17 November 2025, last updated 22 July 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.