# Evaluation of the Essential Life Skills Extracurricular Activity Provision

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department For Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Ecorys UK](/contract-winners/ecorys-uk/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £95,805
- Award date: 20 March 2018
- Published: 23 May 2019
- Contract start: 21 March 2018
- Contract end: 29 March 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 6057bc8d-7f25-4782-b4db-bdab797e9dcc-291119
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3cc07a01-d271-4aee-bb76-32883ae958c2

## Description

A process evaluation of the department's programme to expand extracurricular activity in opportunity areas\. We want to understand: how this policy has been implemented and delivered; how funded programmes have sought to increase the participation of disadvantaged pupils in extracurricular activity; participation rates throughout the course of the funded programmes; pupils' experiences of the programmes and where improvements, if any, could be made; and any factors that are believed to have helped or hindered the policy's effectiveness\. We expect the research to involve analysis of management information; qualitative interviews with opportunity area programme leads; a pulse survey of extracurricular activity providers; and focus groups with pupils who have and have not participated in the schemes \(or those who have dropped out\) and the parents/carers of these young people\. Additional information: Deadline for EOIs - 4pm, Thursday 11th January 2018\. Word count limit for EOIs is 1000 words

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6057bc8d-7f25-4782-b4db-bdab797e9dcc-291119)