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School Teacher Recruitment Marketing Campaign

Department for Education

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Department for Education

Buyer Address: Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London, UKI32, SW1P 3BT, United Kingdom

Contact Email: PolicyAssurance.COMMERCIALQUERIES@education.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
7200000.0 GBP
Published
01 Aug 2025, 11:08
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
24 Sep 2025, 23:00
Contract End
24 Sep 2029, 22:59
Category
n/a
CPV
79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Region
n/a
Awarded To
M&C SAATCHI (UK) LIMITED
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

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. This procurement is 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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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Awards

Award Title: School Teacher Recruitment Marketing Campaign - Lead Creative and Strategic Agency

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