Contract award · 18 Sep 2026

External Tuition - Kent County Council (KCC) and Medway Council: Kent County Council Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Kent County Council awarded “External Tuition - Kent…” to 33 Recruitment Ltd trading as Educ8SEN, All About SEN Kent Limited, Brightteach Ltd.

Education & trainingSouth East

Value across 3 lots Not published

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Kent County Council · Regional or local authority
Value
Not published
Procedure
Restricted procedure
Sector
Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date18 Sep 2026
  2. Published30 Sep 2026Published 12 days after the contract date

Description

Purchasing Framework for External Tuition for Special Education Needs (SEN), KCC and Medway Council and Virtual Schools Kent (VSK) External Tuition and Mentoring Services. Kent County Council (KCC) and Medway Council have a statutory responsibility under The Education Act 1996 to provide education for all children and young people (CYP) until the age of 19, or 25 for those with Education Health Plan (EHCP). Associated legislation includes The Children and Families Act 2014, the SEN Code of Practice (2015), the Equality Act 2010 and The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Regulations 2014. Within this statutory framework, KCC is seeking to establish a purchasing framework for those children and young people (CYP) that do not meet the criteria/or capacity has been reached with our inhouse service (The Education Programme) for short-term tuition for students with EHCP. This work is taking place as a result of the Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) joint review of SEND provis…

Lots in this award

LotSupplierValue
External Tuition - Kent County Council (KCC) and Medway Council: Kent County Council Special Educational Needs (SEN)33 Recruitment Ltd trading as Educ8SEN SME, All About SEN Kent Limited SME, Brightteach Ltd SME, Conexus Tuition Medway SME, Coyle Personnel Ltd trading as Coyle Education SME +14 more—
External Tuition - Kent County Council (KCC) and Medway Council: Medway Council33 Recruitment Ltd trading as Educ8SEN SME, All About SEN Kent Limited SME, Coyle Personnel Ltd trading as Coyle Education SME, Croydon College of Excellence Limited SME, Friends Of Frampton Farm CIC SME +11 more—
External Tuition - Kent County Council (KCC) and Medway Council: Virtual School Kent (VSK)33 Recruitment Ltd trading as Educ8SEN SME, All About SEN Kent Limited SME, Coyle Personnel Ltd trading as Coyle Education SME, Friends Of Frampton Farm CIC SME, Heart Teaching Ltd SME +10 more—

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