FTS UK public procurement

School Teacher Recruitment Marketing Campaign

Department for Education

CompleteOCDS ID ocds-h6vhtk-04f7de
Tender value£7,200,0001 awards · 1 contracts

01 Procurement

Tender overview

Updated 11 August 2026
Buyer
Department for Education
Status
Complete
Procurement method
Competitive flexible procedure
Category
services
CPV classification
Not supplied
Tender period
Not supplied — Not supplied

Description

The objective of the School Teacher Recruitment Marketing Campaign is to support recruitment of c. 35,000 people into Initial Teacher Training every year, alongside the government priority to recruit an additional 6,500 new expert teachers across our schools, both mainstream and specialist, and our colleges over the course of this parliament. (This campaign will only target school teachers). Our aim is to inspire and attract candidates and grow the appeal of teaching amongst students and graduates under the age of 30, who are the group most likely to train to become a teacher. We are looking for a lead creative and strategic agency that will set a new direction for the school recruitment marketing campaign to tackle a challenging, ever-changing graduate recruitment market and ensure the campaign delivers communications excellence and innovation, as demanded by Government Communications Service professional standards. The deliverables of this campaign are: • Campaign strategy and platform. • Brand strategy and guardianship to support wider marketing activities. • Creative development and production for paid advertising and to support the application of the creative strategy and platform across other marketing touchpoints, including the Get Into Teaching website. • Strategy, development and content production for direct marketing journeys (segmented email programmes). This tender notice is for the award of a public contract through a competitive flexible procedure in accordance with section 20(1) and (2)(b) of the Procurement Act 2023.

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02 Awards and contracts

Published award records

1 shown
Active

School Teacher Recruitment Marketing Campaign - Lead Creative and Strategic Agency

Awarded
22 July 2025
Award value
£7,200,000
Suppliers
1
Signed contract
8 September 2025

03 Organisations

Buyers, suppliers and other parties

4 parties
Buyer

Department for Education

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04 Provenance

Source for this process

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