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Education & Skills

School building programmes, catering, IT, exam and curriculum services, and apprenticeship and skills provision.

Supplier spend

£22bn

Share of all supplier spend

5.5%

Top 10 suppliers

£4.0bn

Since 2019

+29%

Contract spend trend

+£5.0bn (29%) since 2019

Data sourcesCabinet Office — Contracts Finder (awarded contracts)data.gov.uk API (api.gov.uk)Cabinet Office — Find a Tender Service (high-value awards)data.gov.uk API (api.gov.uk)HM Government — Departmental spend over £25,000data.gov.uk API (api.gov.uk)DfE — Education spending statisticsExplore education statistics API (api.gov.uk)
exact ONS/HMRC/MHCLG/PSS fields

What is bought

  • School estate

  • Food and facilities

  • Learning services

Bought by Department for Education, academy trusts, colleges and local authorities.

Top 10 suppliers

Data sourcesCabinet Office — Contracts Finder (awarded contracts)data.gov.uk API (api.gov.uk)Cabinet Office — Find a Tender Service (high-value awards)data.gov.uk API (api.gov.uk)HM Government — Departmental spend over £25,000data.gov.uk API (api.gov.uk)DfE — Education spending statisticsExplore education statistics API (api.gov.uk)
exact ONS/HMRC/MHCLG/PSS fields

  1. #1Compass Group (Chartwells)

    £0.7bn

    School meals, catering and food services

    Chertsey, UK · 3.2% of the area

    • Catering

  2. #2Wates Group

    £0.6bn

    School construction and refurbishment

    Leatherhead, UK · 2.7% of the area

    • Construction

  3. #3Bouygues UK

    £0.5bn

    School and college building programmes

    London, UK · 2.3% of the area

    • Construction

  4. #4BAM Construct UK

    £0.5bn

    Education estate design and build

    Hemel Hempstead, UK · 2.3% of the area

    • Construction

  5. #5Pearson

    £0.4bn

    Qualifications, assessment and curriculum resources

    London, UK · 1.8% of the area

    • Assessment

  6. #6Capita

    £0.3bn

    Education administration systems and service delivery

    London, UK · 1.4% of the area

    • Services

  7. #7RM plc

    £0.3bn

    School IT, assessment technology and resources

    Abingdon, UK · 1.4% of the area

    • Edtech

  8. #8Mitie

    £0.3bn

    Cleaning, security and facilities management for schools

    London, UK · 1.4% of the area

    • Facilities

  9. #9ISS UK

    £0.2bn

    Catering, cleaning and site services

    London, UK · 0.9% of the area

    • Facilities

  10. #10Kier Group

    £0.2bn

    School rebuilding and maintenance

    Bedford, UK · 0.9% of the area

    • Construction

The School Rebuilding Programme covers 500 schools over a decade.

Catering and cleaning are typically bought by trusts and councils, not centrally.

Apprenticeship provision is delivered by a long tail of training providers.

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