Department for Education · Awarded contract
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Delivery of the Career Changer Programme 2022 and 2023 Cohorts for the Department for Education

Awarded 11 Oct 2021

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Awarded11 Oct 2021
Value£4,472,522.00
SupplierNow Teach
AgencyDepartment for Education
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryEducation & Training
Ended 7d ago5y 1mo term
Awarded 11 Oct 2021Expired 31 Oct 2026

About

The Department for Education awarded a contract to Now Teach for the delivery of the Career Changer Programme 2022 and 2023 Cohorts.

The programme aimed to attract, recruit, and support experienced career changers into teaching, contributing to age diversity in Initial Teacher Training (ITT).

Now Teach was responsible for designing and delivering a national programme in England that included candidate attraction, recruitment and selection, participant placement, retention and ongoing support, management information, programme evaluation, continuous improvement, data management and security, performance management, assurance, implementation and resourcing, and demobilisation and exit planning.

The contract covered two cohorts, with the 2022 cohort starting Year 1 in September 2022.

The contract value was £4,472,522.

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