A total of seven contracts have been put out to tender by the Department for Education for voluntary and community sector organisations, social enterprises and others bidding on a not-for-profit basis to provide a range of services in 2017/18.
This includes a £2.3m contract to provide delivery support to local areas to help them "embed" reforms to services. There is also a £400,000 contract to support culture change around the special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms in voluntary and community sector organisations.
Meanwhile £113,000 has been set aside to appoint a "lead SEND adviser" to provide professional policy advice to the Department for Education on implementation of the reforms and oversee delivery support provided to local authorities.
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