Closed tender

School Improvement and Governance Service

Details

Buyer: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Value: £1,600,000
Topic: Education and training services
Published: 3 July 2025
Submission: 15 May 2026
Source: uk:procontracts

Tender description

The London Borough of Waltham Forest is preparing to recommission its School Improvement Partner from 1st April 2027. This service will be to support schools in-borough to continue to be good or better. The provider will need to be able to deliver a suitably matched school improvement partner for all London Borough of Waltham Forest maintained schools including the specialist SEMH School and the Local Authority Pupil Referral Unit; deliver SEND improvement work, SATS moderation and monitoring and develop cluster-based working across the local area. Thank you for taking the time to complete this Market Engagement Questionnaire. The London Borough of Waltham Forest is seeking early feedback from potential providers to help shape our approach to the future commissioning of a School Improvement Partner (SIP). Your responses will support the Council to understand market capacity and capability, explore delivery models, and identify opportunities for innovation and collaboration. The information you provide will be used for planning purposes only and will help inform the development of the service specification and procurement documentation. This is not a formal tender process, but an opportunity to contribute to the development of a high-quality service. The deadline for completed responses to be submitted via the London Tenders Portal is 12 noon Friday 15th May. Keywords: school, improvement, service

Timeline

Completed: Tender published3 July 2025
Current notice
Completed: Submission date15 May 2026

About the buyer

London Borough of Waltham Forest is a local authority that sources its quotes and tenders through the ProContract e-tendering system. Registration on this shared London portal is free and gives suppliers access to opportunities from around twenty London boroughs. Contract opportunities are advertised on the London Tenders Portal and on Contracts Finder. Higher-value contracts above the national procurement thresholds also appear on Find a Tender. A dynamic purchasing system is the route for specialist professional services. Purchase orders and invoice payments are handled through the council's Oracle Cloud supplier portal.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of London Borough of Waltham Forest's contract awards have been in health and social work, architectural and engineering services and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

80000000 · Education and training services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-waltham-forest.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-waltham-forest.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-waltham-forest.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-waltham-forest.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-waltham-forest.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-waltham-forest.gov