Policy paper

Schools’ buying strategy

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

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 20 January 2017
• Last updated: 20 April 2021
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  1. 20 April 2021

     Updated schools buying programme strategy.

  2. 20 January 2017

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Schools’ buying programme strategy

PDF, 296 KB, 12 pages

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