# project\_10333 - Teaching Assistant \(TA\) CPD and Specialist Skills

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Ipsos Mori](/contract-winners/ipsos-mori/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £139,985
- Tender value: £139,985
- Award date: 20 May 2026
- Published: 4 June 2026
- Contract start: 20 May 2026
- Contract end: 31 December 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 187234bb-616b-4f66-a90e-d2afe3bcd484-900608
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f3ed85e7-206c-467a-888f-ca954c32cb61

## Description

This will be a mixed methods research project, involving a short DfE-run survey, a qualitative phase including interviews with school leaders and MAT leaders and focus groups with TAs and teachers, and an international literature review element comparing the use and training of TA equivalent roles across a range of countries

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/187234bb-616b-4f66-a90e-d2afe3bcd484-900608)