Recruitment and Training of High Potential Trainees into Teaching - Further pre-procurement market consultation

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The Department for Education is continuing its consultation with the market on the procurement approach for the future delivery of a programme to: - attract high potential graduates and career changers into teaching and - train them to be highly skilled teachers and emerging leaders to have a positive impact on teacher supply and pupil attainment in areas of greatest need across England. Lot 1: The Department for Education is continuing market consultation on a potential future commercial opportunity to design, develop and deliver a two-year high quality and innovative initial teacher training and leadership development programme. The first cohort will start the programme from September 2026 with recruitment starting by the end of October 2025. Key programme objectives are to: - attract high potential graduates and career changers into teaching and - train them to be highly skilled teachers and emerging leaders making a positive impact on teacher supply and pupil attainment in schools serving areas of greatest need across England. At a high level a Potential Supplier(s) of the programme would be required to deliver an end-to-end service encompassing: - Attracting high potential graduates and career changers - Recruiting, selecting and retaining specified numbers of participants per cohort - Developing and delivering a high-quality employment based Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programme in conjunction with accredited ITT providers, enabling programme participants to meet the Teachers’ Standards and achieve Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) - Developing and delivering a leadership development programme that is integrated into the programme - Providing opportunities for programme participants to form and maintain networks to support the programme objectives - Developing and maintaining a strong network of schools in areas of greatest need across England to provide sufficient high-quality employment-based placement opportunities. The Department is interested in consulting with organisations with relevant experience, insight and interest in being a potential lead supplier, consortium member or key supply chain partner. This could include organisations with experience of graduate recruitment and training or employment-based teacher training. We are inviting market consultation on the following aspects to shape our evolving programme design, delivery model and commercial strategy: • Aspects of the draft specification • Potential performance indicators • Commercial approach • Financial mechanisms • Potential bidder information requirements Interested organisations should register on our Jaggaer e-procurement portal to access the document titled “Attachment 1 – HPITT Information Memorandum” for an outline of the requirements and details of this phase of market consultation. Whilst we are inviting market feedback on future aspects of the programme specification and commercial approach, organisations may find it helpful to be familiar with the current programme. Registering against this project opportunity you can also access “Attachment 2 - Key Information about the current programme”. A redacted version of the current contract (including current specification) is publicly available via the link below. Additional information: Please note: Estimated date of publication of contract notice (II.3) is approximate only and subject to change. This is not a call for competition.