Policy paper

Schools’ buying strategy

An outline of initiatives to help all schools improve how they buy goods and services.

Applies to England

Documents

Schools’ buying programme strategy

Details

The schools buying prospectus strategy is for:

  • all financial and administration staff in schools
  • headteachers and other school leaders
  • academy trusts and school governing boards

This strategy replaces the first schools’ buying strategy published in 2017.

The schools buying programme 2020 aims to:

  • help schools get value for money on their non-staff spend
  • focuses on complex procurement
  • sets out the department’s approach for the next 5 years

Updates to this page

Published 20 January 2017
Last updated 20 April 2021 + show all updates
  1. Updated schools buying programme strategy.

  2. First published.

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