Education and training services

Tender description

The Department for Education (DfE) intends to undertake a procurement exercise to establish a Training Centre for the English Hubs Network. Prior to this, DfE will undertake market engagement activity for interested providers to learn more about the services, network with other providers, and input into the development of the service model. In December 2017, we announced funding for a network of English hubs as part of the DfE’s Social Mobility Action Plan (SMAP), with a specific focus on improving early language and literacy teaching. DfE will be seeking proposals from organisations or consortia to establish a Training Centre. The Training Centre will train up to 175 primary teachers from up to 35 English Hubs to be literacy specialists, giving them the skills to support other schools in improving early language and literacy teaching, and ensure that their work with supported schools is of a consistently high quality The Department for Education (DfE) intends to undertake a procurement exercise to establish a Training Centre for the English Hubs Network. Prior to this, DfE will undertake market engagement activity for interested providers to learn more about the services, network with other providers, and input into the development of the service model. In December 2017, we announced funding for a network of English hubs as part of the DfE’s Social Mobility Action Plan (SMAP), with a specific focus on improving early language and literacy teaching. DfE will be seeking proposals from organisations or consortia to establish a Training Centre. The Training Centre will train up to 175 primary teachers from up to 35 English Hubs to be literacy specialists, giving them the skills to support other schools in improving early language and literacy teaching, and ensure that their work with supported schools is of a consistently high quality