In short
Education organisations buy at scale under funding pressure and public scrutiny, usually with very small central teams. The commercial questions are practical: are we paying the right price for catering, cleaning, IT and energy, does anyone own the contracts, and can we prove the process was fair.
What organisations here usually need help with
- Contracts inherited at conversion or merger that nobody has reviewed
- Catering, cleaning, IT and energy costs rising ahead of funding
- Estates and capital projects with no internal project resource
- Procurement rules that apply but are not well understood
- MIS and finance system changes that stall mid-implementation
How we help
Procurement and commercial support
Spend visibility across sites or academies, category work on the big four (catering, cleaning, IT and energy), and compliant competitive processes where the rules apply.
Programme and project delivery
Project leadership for estates, capital and system work where nobody has the capacity to run it properly.
Change and transformation
Process and operating model work across finance, HR and central services, particularly after a merger or trust growth.
Commercial governance
A contract register, clear delegated authority, and reporting that satisfies governors, trustees and auditors.
Systems and process change
MIS, finance and HR system selection and implementation, and the adoption work that decides whether staff use them.
Common questions
Working in education and something is not working? Start with the problem.
Start a briefWhere the work usually sits