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Good practice guidance for colleges and academy trusts on novel, contentious and repercussive transactions

The guidance is to help academy trusts and colleges to: It explains: Applies to England Good practice guidance for colleges and academy trusts on novel, contentious and repercussive transactions – GOV.UK

Jun 6, 2025
Schools guidance: report or seek approval for related party transactions

From 1 October 2024 academy trusts should report or seek approval for related party transactions from the Department for Education instead of the Education and Skills Funding Agency. Summary guidance: report or seek approval for related party transactions – GOV.UK

Jun 6, 2025
Buying for schools: find an approved framework agreement

Use a Department for Education (DfE) approved framework agreement to help you buy goods and services for your school. Buying for schools: find an approved framework agreement – GOV.UK

Jun 6, 2025
Getting the best value from schools non-staff spend

Getting the best value from schools non-staff spend – GOV.UK

Jun 6, 2025
PA2023 Guidance – Procuring SEND education placements and services

Guidance to help local authorities and education providers to understand how the Procurement Act 2023 interacts with the Children and Families Act 2014. Details This guidance is for local authorities. It applies to local authorities providing placements and services for children and young people: It applies to: It will help local authorities identify if the…

Jan 16, 2025
DfE Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy: Evaluation Framework

This evaluation framework sets out the principles of the sustainability and climate change monitoring and evaluation activities that will be carried out by DfE. It also includes: Published 30 January 2024

Feb 13, 2024
Academy Trust Handbook 2024

Academy trusts must comply with this handbook as a condition of their funding agreement. It provides an overarching framework for implementation of effective financial management and other controls, consistent with your obligations as publicly funded bodies. Academy Trust Handbook – Guidance – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Oct 10, 2023
Buying procedures and procurement law for schools

How to buy goods, works or services for your school guides will help schools to get value for money and comply with procurement law Buying procedures and procurement law for schools – Guidance – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Aug 9, 2023
The Buying for Schools blog

Buying for Schools (blog.gov.uk) The Buying for Schools blog is run by the Department for Education’s (DfE) Schools Commercial Team to support people who buy for schools and buying decision makers in schools around all those potentially tricky areas of procurement.

Aug 9, 2023
A painful lesson – Bromcom Computers Plc v United Learning Trust

With the substantive issues decided by the Courts in favour of Bromcom, the litigation now proceeds to a trial on exactly how much it should receive by way of damages. This hearing is expected to take place later in 2023. The sad truth about this case is that damages and costs could amount to more…

Mar 19, 2023
Protected: Webinar Video Recording 6 March 2023 – Bromcom Computers vs United Learning Trust

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Protected: Webinar Slides 6 March 2023 – Bromcom Computers vs United Learning Trust

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