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 — See all updates

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

Published 20 January 2017
Last updated 20 April 2021 + show all updates

1. 20 April 2021

   Updated schools buying programme strategy.

2. 20 January 2017

   First published.