Quick answer — CASTLE SCHOOL EDUCATION TRUSTLast refreshed 26 Sept 2025

At a glance

CASTLE SCHOOL EDUCATION TRUST has awarded £14.2m across 3 suppliers, with 16 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 54% · 6 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 13% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration54%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share13%
Pipeline · open now6
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

CASTLE SCHOOL EDUCATION TRUST is a contracting authority, based in UKK12. Tracks 14 published notices and 10 awards on PublicSupply.

14
Notices published
10
Awards
3
Suppliers engaged
2021
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£1.4m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£215k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
CASTLE SCHOOL EDUCATION TRUST — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

1

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

6

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services7 · £7.1m
Unspecified5 · £6.8m
goods2 · £1.5m

Instrument type

contract14 · £15.4m
Source:Find a Tender: 10Contracts Finder: 4

Awarded contracts · 16 live

All contracts with a published award notice where CASTLE SCHOOL EDUCATION TRUST is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Castle School Education Trust & The Priory Learning Trust ~ Cleaning Tender90919300active
Castle School Education Trust & The Priory Learning Trust ~ Catering Tender55524000active
CSET - School pupil unform - secondary phaseF.R. MONKHOUSE LIMITED£210k26 Sept 2025active
CSET - School pupil unform - secondary phaseF.R. MONKHOUSE LIMITED£210k26 Sept 2025active
CSET - School pupil unform - secondary phaseF.R. MONKHOUSE LIMITED£210k26 Sept 2025active
CSET - School pupil unform - secondary phaseF.R. MONKHOUSE LIMITED£210k26 Sept 2025active
CSET - School pupil unform - secondary phase£219k26 Sept 2025active
CSET - School pupil unform - secondary phase£203k26 Sept 2025active
CSET - School pupil unform - secondary phase£100k26 Sept 2025active
Castle School Education Trust ~ Catering TenderCaterlink Limited£4.0mest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
CL
2 contracts · 05 Nov
£7.7mest.
54% of total
2
PS
2 contracts · SME · 18 Oct
£5.8mest.
41% of total
3
FM
4 contracts · 26 Sept
£840k
6% of total
New

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
9 contracts
£8.2m
54%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
3 contracts
£3.7m
25%
Sewage, waste, environment
3 contracts
£2.9m
19%
Business, legal, advisory
1 contract
£250k
2%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
1
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Sewage, waste, environment
Business, legal, advisory
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

CASTLE SCHOOL EDUCATION TRUST has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

13%
SME supplier share
target 33%
1
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
3
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 13% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKK12
Companies House
08397975
Contact
Susan Wright
Email
sharon.dewfall@cset.co.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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