Contract(s) for the provision of Governance Leadership Development and/or Clerking Development across the 8 Regional School Commissioner (RSC) regions of England between 2017-18 and 2019-2020

The Department for Education (DfE) intends to procure contract(s) to deliver Governance Leadership Development and/or Clerking Development to the boards of state-funded institutions providing education to children of compulsory school age across the 8 Regional School Commissioner (RSC) regions of England between 2017-18 and 2019-2020. The aim of the contract(s) is to build the capacity of governing boards across the country through a focus on supporting chairs to drive change in their boards and professionalising the quality of clerking support. This procurement pertains to establishments that are maintained by a local authority (LA) and those establishments with whom the Secretary of State has entered into academy arrangements, including primary and secondary maintained schools and academies, special schools and special academies, free schools, UTCs, studio schools and alternative provision institutions that are LA maintained or are academies. It does not cover further and higher education providers such as 6th Form Colleges, FE Colleges and Universities, or educational institutions outside of England.