# Centres for Excellence in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities \(SEND\)

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [The Education and Training Foundation](/buyers/the-education-and-training-foundation/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Derby College
- Award value: £248,086
- Tender value: £248,086
- Award date: 17 October 2019
- Published: 11 November 2019
- Contract start: 28 May 2019
- Contract end: 31 March 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 6c6b9c35-f155-4a50-913f-76bef8a34c1b-325455
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-16a72d07-83b4-49ba-a5bf-beb178de39d6

## Description

The Education and Training Foundation wishes to commission three distinct Centres for Excellence in SEND on the themes of community, curriculum and people\. Each Centre for Excellence will focus on one theme and will have equal parity, providing peer to peer support for leaders across the centre and promoting the sharing of effective practice both within organisations and across the broader FE sector\.Each Centre for Excellence will be led by a leader \(CEO or Principal\) of an Ofsted graded "outstanding" organisation \(or "good" provider with "outstanding" features\) of FE and skills who will energise, inspire, support and challenge leaders from a diverse range of FE providers to deliver a step-change in the way the sector addresses the needs of learners with SEN support needs\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6c6b9c35-f155-4a50-913f-76bef8a34c1b-325455)