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Supply teachers contracts

UK public sector · 62 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
62
Last 12 months
Median contract
£160k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£66.1m
61 of 62 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
37
Suppliers
93

BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most supply teachers contracts took 53% of them (33 of 62).
  • The median contract, £160k, is 2.3 times the median across recruitment & hr contracts (£70k).
  • North East had the most contracts: 29, or 47% of the total.

Who buys supply teachers

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1ST CLARE CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST13 contracts
  2. 2Lionheart Educational Trust5 contracts
  3. 3Lingfield Education Trust3 contracts
  4. 4Transform Trust2 contracts
  5. 5Meridian Trust2 contracts
  6. 6GLF SCHOOLS2 contracts
  7. 7Stamford Park Trust2 contracts
  8. 8COLLABORATIVE EDUCATION TRUST2 contracts
  9. 9TRINITY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST2 contracts
  10. 10Consortium Trust2 contracts

Top supply teachers contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Teaching Personnel18 contracts
  2. 2Hays11 contracts
  3. 3VISION FOR EDUCATION11 contracts
  4. 4Tradewind Recruitment11 contracts
  5. 5Protocol Education Limited10 contracts
  6. 6ZEN EDUCATE LIMITED9 contracts
  7. 7Affinity Workforce Solutions7 contracts
  8. 8Randstad6 contracts
  9. 9Aspire People Limited5 contracts
  10. 10Just Teachers5 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

3Q4 2025*0Q1 20267Q2 202651Q3 20261Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 62

North East29East Midlands10Yorkshire and The Humber6South West4North West3West Midlands3London3South East3UK-wide or not stated1

What is included

Temporary teachers for short and long-term cover, plus agency teaching assistants, cover supervisors, school support and early years staff, exam invigilators and sessional FE lecturers and assessors, supplied to schools, academies, colleges and council nurseries.

  • Short-term and long-term supply teachers
  • Temporary teaching and support staff frameworks for schools
  • Agency nursery and early years practitioners
  • Cover supervisors, teaching assistants and SEN learning support assistants
  • Exam invigilators for schools and colleges
  • Sessional FE lecturers, tutors and vocational assessors

What is not included

  • Educational psychologists and SEND officers -> rec.edu.locum-educational-psychologists-send
  • Permanent teacher recruitment -> rec.edu.permanent-education-recruitment
  • Tutoring and PPA cover delivered as a service -> edu.pupil.one-to-one-tuition-and-eotas, edu.enrich.sport-and-physical-activity-coaching
  • Commissioned early learning and childcare places -> edu.pupil.early-learning-and-childcare-places

Often bought by the same buyers