Awarded contract

W5023 The School Improvement Service, the Quality Assurance Service and the Moderation Service

Details

Supplier(s)
Challenging Education
Value
£630,000
Duration
3 years
Topic
Education and training services
Published
4 September 2026

Tender description

The council is looking to procure one provider to deliver a school improvement service, a quality assurance service for alterative provision and a moderation service provision. The Moderation Service is a statutory service under The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 2003, which was made pursuant to section 87 of the Education Act 2002. The Moderation Service therefore plays a central role in enabling the Council to fulfil its statutory duties to oversee performance, secure improvement, assure safeguarding practice, and ensure the accuracy of statutory assessment. ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published4 September 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date4 September 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 August 2029in 3 years

About the buyer

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council governs the borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, and buys as a local authority with its own procurement team. Buying decisions follow the council's Innovating our Success Commercial Strategy 2024-2029.

Over the past 5 years, most of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council's contract awards have been in education and training, software and information systems and business services.

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