Sector · CPV division 80

Education & training: UK public contracts

1,517 UK public education & training contracts in the last 12 months, worth £33.8bn. Who is buying, who is winning, and 18% without competition.

Covers CPV division 80, “Education and training services”. The busiest buyers recently were Ministry of Justice and Hampshire County Council.

Contracts (last 12 months)
1,517
Published value
£33.8bnwhere stated
Without competition
18%266 contracts
Won by SMEs
66%of 1,335 with size known
Contracts awarded per month 3,904 contracts · busiest month April 2025

Biggest buyers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

  1. Ministry of Justice 290 contracts · £30m
  2. Hampshire County Council 90 contracts · £3.03m
  3. East Riding of Yorkshire Council 69 contracts · £1.61m
  4. Cumberland Council 54 contracts · £2.48m
  5. NHS England 53 contracts · £83.5m
  6. Department for Work & Pensions 51 contracts · £17.9m
  7. Defra Commercial 46 contracts · £5.28m
  8. League Football Education 40 contracts · £3.46m
  9. Department for Education 36 contracts · £58.3m
  10. Hull City Council 32 contracts · £5.03m

Top suppliers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

  1. Shannon Trust SME 39 contracts · £2.28m
  2. QA Limited SME 30 contracts · £9.69m
  3. Cambridge Spark SME 19 contracts · £2.7m
  4. PeoplePlus Group Ltd 17 contracts · £6.26m
  5. MBKB Ltd SME 15 contracts · £2.29m
  6. Multiverse Group Limited 14 contracts · £3.79m
  7. Future Talent Learning 14 contracts · £972k
  8. TWA Certifications Ltd SME 13 contracts · £362k
  9. Babington Business College 11 contracts · £2.14m

By region

Latest contracts

Date Contract Buyer Supplier Value
2 Nov 2026 City of Doncaster Council Sheffield Hallam University £27,000
2 Nov 2026 City of Doncaster Council Doncaster College £26,000
2 Nov 2026 City of Doncaster Council DN Colleges Group £28,000
2 Nov 2026 City of Doncaster Council DN Colleges Group £39,000
2 Nov 2026 Ministry of Justice Green Skills Partnership SME £23,040
29 Oct 2026 Ministry of Justice The Restore Trust SME £10,000
28 Oct 2026 Ministry of Justice Daruma Group Limited SME £17,900
28 Oct 2026 Ministry of Justice WK Foundation SME £30,000
27 Oct 2026 Ministry of Justice Through The Gate Solutions UK Ltd SME £33,520
27 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Tutor Doctor West Hull SME —
27 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Tutor Doctor SME £1,000
26 Oct 2026 Bristol City Council Learning Partnership West SME £1.73m
26 Oct 2026 MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency Intelligencia Training Limited SME £11,000
26 Oct 2026 Warwickshire County Council Various £517k
26 Oct 2026 Ministry of Justice Inside Ecommerce Academy CIC SME £34,000
26 Oct 2026 Ministry of Justice Synergy Theatre Project SME £10,000
26 Oct 2026 Natural England Chris Seabridge & Associates Ltd £84,250
26 Oct 2026 Natural England Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West Ltd SME £84,250
26 Oct 2026 Natural England Chris Seabridge & Associates Ltd £84,250
26 Oct 2026
Online tutoring No competition
Robert Gordon University Faruq Khan SME £59,400
23 Oct 2026 Department for Business & Trade BPP Professional Education £144k
23 Oct 2026 Ministry of Justice 2 Start Ltd SME £35,125
22 Oct 2026 Department for Work & Pensions The Education & Skills Partnership Ltd SME £1,200
22 Oct 2026 Ministry of Justice Community Arts Projects UK SME £32,340
22 Oct 2026 Ministry of Justice Wilbar Associates Limted SME £33,783
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council StudyMind —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Saaf —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Tradewind Recruitment —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Tradewind Recruitment —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Prospero —
21 Oct 2026 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD) Clanrye Group £441k
21 Oct 2026 Ministry of Justice Kinetic Youth SME £15,309
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Saaf —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Tradewind Recruitment —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Randstad —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Tradewind Recruitment —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Tradewind Recruitment —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Randstad —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Prospero —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council StudyMind —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council BeMyTutor —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Tradewind Recruitment —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Tradewind Recruitment —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Saaf —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Tradewind Recruitment —
21 Oct 2026 Telford and Wrekin Council Babington Business College —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council StudyMind —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Prospero —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Tradewind Recruitment —
21 Oct 2026 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Tradewind Recruitment —