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Evidence-Based Early Years Maths Programme

Department for Education Published 25 Mar 2026 Find a Tender

key details

Value£4,500,000 (£5,400,000 inc. VAT)
Statuscomplete
Category (CPV) 80000000
RegionNorth East, North West, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, South East, South West
Deadline5 Dec 2025
Procedureopen
SME suitableYes
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0550f5

Award

SupplierValueDateStatus
National Day Nurseries Association £4,407,915 6 Feb 2026 active

description

The Department for Education is commissioning an evidence-based early maths programme aimed at improving numeracy outcomes for children in early years settings across England.

Early maths skills are strongly linked to later academic achievement and workforce success, yet many children begin school without the expected level of development in maths.

Despite its importance within the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), maths remains one of the lowest-performing areas, partly due to limited training and confidence among educators.

This contract will support the delivery of an evidence-based early maths programme to at least 5,000 settings, with a minimum completion rate of 80%, and requires programmes to be backed by robust evaluation, either a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) or Quasi-Experimental Design (QED) plus an implementation and process evaluation (IPE).

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notice history

4 notices published against this procurement.

PublishedTypeRegimeNotice
20 Jun 2025 Preliminary market engagement (UK2) Procurement Act 2023 034082-2025
4 Nov 2025 Tender notice (UK4) Procurement Act 2023 070870-2025
6 Feb 2026 Contract award (UK6) Procurement Act 2023 010921-2026
25 Mar 2026 Contract details (UK7) Procurement Act 2023 027425-2026

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