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BEST PRACTICE NETWORK LIMITED

Education & training · Bristol
SME

Best Practice Network Limited specializes in teacher training and qualifications, offering various professional development programs and certifications for educators.

bestpracticenet.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£25.6m
Live
21
Buyers
12
12m
£12.1m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities3
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts21 / 27
  • Top buyers12
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — BEST PRACTICE NETWORK LIMITEDUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

BEST PRACTICE NETWORK LIMITED has won £25.6m across 12 public-sector buyers, with 21 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Department for Education at 94% · 100% in Education & training · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
21 of 27Live contracts
94%Top-buyer concentration
100%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

⚑ Self-reported
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No social-value commitments yet

Jobs, skills, environmental, inequality and community commitments appear here once a claimed supplier attributes them to awarded contracts, or once we detect them on the supplier’s website.

ESG & policies vault · 0/5

Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.

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Net-zero planNot provided✓
Modern slavery statementNot provided✓
EDI policyNot provided✓
Anti-briberyNot provided✓
Data protectionNot provided✓

Capabilities

What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.

◐ From website & notices
Services · 3
Teacher Training and QualificationsOffers a range of qualifications including NPQs and Early Years Teacher training. ↗HLTA StatusProvides pathways to achieve Higher Level Teaching Assistant status. ↗DSBMOffers training and qualifications for Designated Senior Mental Health Leads. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 3 from notices
  • Early Years: accredited Level 3 training for Special Educational Needs CoordinatorsDepartment for Education · £5.9m
  • Early Years: Accredited Level 3 training for Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCOs)Department for Education · £945k
  • Provision of Apprenticeship Training and Assessment FrameworkCumberland Council · £429k

Extracted automatically from bestpracticenet.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Case studies · 2

Delivery stories from the supplier’s website. Clients are not yet cross-checked against award records.

◐ From supplier website
HLTA Case StudiesShowcases various case studies related to HLTA status. ↗DSBM Case StudiesHighlights case studies related to the DSBM qualification. ↗

Extracted automatically from bestpracticenet.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Buyer references

Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.

✓ Confirmed by buyer
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No buyer references yet

Public-sector buyers can confirm they'll act as a reference for this supplier. Confirmed references — with the contract they relate to — show here.

Accreditations & memberships

Independently issued. Verification dates cross-checked against issuer registers.

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No accreditations recorded

B-Corp, ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage and similar credentials appear here once added by a claimed supplier and cross-checked against the issuing register.

KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

✓ Verified
84

No verified KPI scores yet

Once buyers report contract KPIs — delivery on time, on budget, satisfaction, adoption and accessibility — a weighted grade and breakdown appear here.

Contracts · 21 live · 6 historic

Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Excellence in Reception Teaching
Department for Education8000000015 Jun 2026£662k2.3 yrsLive
010.26 Specialist Teaching Assistant - AWARD
Telford & Wrekin Council8000000021 May 2026—1.9 yrsLive
003.26 NPQ Qualifications linked to Apprenticeships programmes (Operations Manager level 5 and Team Leader level 3) - AWARD
Telford & Wrekin Council8000000031 Mar 2026—2 yrsLive
Early Years Delivery Partners & Early Years Training Partners Contracts
Department for Education—02 Apr 2026£11.2m2 yrspending
L5 Coaching Professional
Hampshire County Council8000000009 Feb 2026£5k9 moLive
Parenting Interventions
Suffolk County Council—22 Dec 2025£150k2 yrsLive
Level 5 Operations Manager
Hampshire County Council8000000009 Oct 2025£9k1.7 yrsLive
Early Years: Accredited Level 3 training for Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCOs)
Department for Education8000000030 Apr 2025£945k11 moClosed
Apprenticeship Levy DR696230001
East Riding of Yorkshire Council8000000014 Mar 2025£70k5.8 yrsLive
Provision of Apprenticeship Training and Assessment Framework
Cumberland Council8053000001 Apr 2025£429k4 yrsLive
Total live value £2.1m · mean award £948k1–10 of 27

Top buyers · 12 buyers · top 3 = 99%

Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.

✓ From notices
1
Department for Education
11 contracts
94%
since 2015
2
Leeds City Council
1 contract
3%
since 2021
3
Cumberland Council
2 contracts
2%
since 2025
4
Suffolk County Council
2 contracts
1%
since 2025
5
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
2 contracts
1%
since 2025
6
Lincolnshire County Council
1 contract
0%
since 2021
7
Hampshire County Council
2 contracts
0%
since 2025
8
Telford & Wrekin Council
2 contracts
0%
since 2026
9
North Northamptonshire Council
1 contract
0%
10
Hertfordshire County Council
1 contract
0%

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.

✓ From notices
Education & training80
100%
⚠ Concentration: 100% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
Yorkshire5 contracts
55%
North West2 contracts
30%
Eastern3 contracts
11%
East Midlands2 contracts
3%
South East2 contracts
1%
Region resolved for 6% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). BEST PRACTICE NETWORK LIMITED highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
KP
KPMG LLP
No£223.2m1
BP
BEST PRACTICE NETWORK LIMITED
Yes£12.1m—
TG
THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
No£7.4m1
BP
BPP Professional Education Ltd
No£4.5m1
MA
MOTTRAM ASSOCIATES LIMITED
No£2.7m2
KU
Keele University
No£1.5m1
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

✓ Verified
✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 30 Nov 2024
Confirmation statement
Due in 17d
Next due 27 Jul 2026
Outstanding charges
0
No charges registered
Insolvency history
None
No insolvency cases registered
Certifications (ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage, B-Corp, modern-slavery) are supplier self-reported and appear once a claimed profile adds them.

Modifications

Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.

✓ From notices
±

No modifications recorded

No published contract variations for this supplier. Modification notices appear here as they are issued under the Procurement Act 2023.

News mentions

UK trade press & nationals, matched to this supplier.

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No news mentions found

We haven't matched any recent UK press coverage to this supplier. Mentions appear here automatically as they're published.

Companies House

Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
04472661
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
28 Jun 2002
Reg. office
Newminster House, Baldwin Street, Bristol, BS1 1LT
SIC codes
85600
Last accounts
30 Nov 2024
Next accounts due
31 Aug 2026

Directors & PSC

  • OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED — corporate secretary
    Appointed 09 Jul 2025
  • CHEALE, Caroline Ann — director
    Appointed 13 Nov 2024
  • LITTLE, Simon James — director
    Appointed 13 Jan 2022
  • Best Practice Network Holdings Ltd — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

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£

No financial filings on record

Turnover, profit and headcount appear here once audited or micro-entity accounts are filed at Companies House.

Org tree

Group structure and ownership.

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BEST PRACTICE NETWORK LIMITED
04472661 · this company

Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.