Education and training services

Tender description

The National Mathematics Centre (NMC) is funded by the Department for Education to manage, coordinate and support the maths hub network and deliver the teaching for mastery programme. The role of the national mathematics centre includes: (i) managing, supporting and providing challenge to a network of maths hubs (schools) in delivering on their strategic priorities; (ii) delivering the Teaching for Mastery programme; (iii) the China–England Teacher Exchange; (iv) providing expert advice to DfE on mathematics; and (v) acting as a lynchpin for DfE’s other programmes on mathematics. The National Mathematics Centre will retain the name of National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) upon commencement of the contract. The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking to procure a provider of a National Mathematics Centre (NMC) to coordinate the maths hub network and deliver the teaching for mastery programme. The role of the national mathematics centre will include: (i) managing a network of maths hubs (schools) to deliver on their strategic priorities; (ii) delivering the teaching for mastery programme; (iii) the China–England Teacher Exchange; (iv) providing expert advice to DfE on mathematics; and (v) acting as a lynchpin for DfE’s other programmes on mathematics. The contract will deliver the aims of the national mathematics centre. This includes the government’s ambitions for mastery and the maths hub network. The contract is expected to begin on 1.7.2019 and to run for three years and 2 months until 31.8.2022. This includes a one-month transition period at the end of the incumbent supplier’s contract, which runs until 31.7.2019, in order to allow the smooth transfer of functions.