# Early Years Professional Development Fund

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Department for Education.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Education Development Trust](/suppliers/education-development-trust/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £3,224,176
- Tender value: £3,224,176
- Award date: 24 April 2019
- Published: 12 November 2019
- Contract start: 1 June 2019
- Contract end: 31 July 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 5ecb83a3-8c8f-4291-a7bb-195f25dbe4d1-325507
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-93b6bdf4-5921-41b6-90d7-ad6c4151c516

## Description

The Professional Development Fund will support pre-reception early years practitioners to improve their practice in working with very young children between the ages of 2 and 4, to improve outcomes in language, literacy and numeracy for the most disadvantaged children, with an emphasis on improving school readiness\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5ecb83a3-8c8f-4291-a7bb-195f25dbe4d1-325507)