# ESFA Dance and Drama Awards

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: DOREEN BIRD COLLEGE OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD\.
- Award value: £11,258,267
- Tender value: £11,258,267
- Award date: 1 August 2020
- Published: 4 October 2020
- Contract start: 1 August 2020
- Contract end: 31 July 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c8ef25ef-9614-4daf-888f-e27acfc02b42-384909
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-314fb53c-087f-4e51-96ac-be5371b8640b

## Description

The Dance and Drama Awards \(DaDA\) scheme offers an income assessed contribution to tuition fees and living costs for eligible students at private dance and drama institutions in England\. Institutions that are part of the scheme are allocated funding \(via a contract\) by Education and Skills Funding Agency \(ESFA\)\. Institutions assess which students are eligible to receive support and how much funding they are entitled to, based on their household income\. To be eligible to be part of DaDA, institutions must meet ESFA requirements including Trinity College London validation, Ofsted grading of 1 or 2 and financial health\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8ef25ef-9614-4daf-888f-e27acfc02b42-384909)