01 Procurement
Tender overview
- 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
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
Department for Education
Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street, London, UKI32, SW1P3BT, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PDZG-3487-DPVDM&C SAATCHI (UK) LIMITED
36 Golden Square, London, UKI32, W1F 9EE, United Kingdom
Companies House 03003693 →VCCP GROUP LLP
Greencoat House, London, UKI32, SW1P 1DH, United Kingdom
Companies House OC370529 →WONDERHOOD LIMITED
10 Orange Street, London, UKI32, WC2H 7DQ, United Kingdom
Companies House 11015968 →Companies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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