Educational Psychology Service

Calderdale Council
Yorkshire and the Humber
Open procedure
27 October 2025 to 1 October 2028

The service provides psychological assessment, advice, and recommendations to inform Education, Health and Care Plans (EHC Plans) in accordance with the 2015 SEND Code of Practice. The provider must support the council with tribunal cases, placement breakdowns, and pre-transfer assessments, ensuring all practice adheres to Health and Care Professions Council standards for practitioner psychologists.

Open the official notice

Awarded value: £7.2m; As published
Published: 8 May 2025; Find a Tender
Awarded: 13 August 2025; PSYCHOLOGY DIRECT LIMITED
Contract length: 35 months; Ends 1 October 2028

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of specialist educational psychology services to support local authority statutory duties for children and young people aged 0-25.

Lifecycle

Publishedon Find a Tender
8 May 2025
Contract awardedto PSYCHOLOGY DIRECT LIMITED
13 August 2025
Contract starts
27 October 2025
Contract ends
1 October 2028

Similar educational psychologists contracts

AT1354 - Associate Educational Psychologists to provide Statutory AssessmentsLuton Borough Council · East of England · £3.1m
AT1419 - Re-opening of Educational Psychologists Associates approved Providers ListLuton Borough Council · East of England · £2.7m
CCS028 Therapeutic Assessment to Support Education and Health Care Plan DeliveryDerbyshire County Council · £2.4m
CCS028 Therapeutic Assessment to Support Education and Health Care Plan DeliveryDerbyshire County Council · £2.4m

See the educational psychologists market: prices, buyers and who wins →

The buyer

Type: Council
Educational psychologists contracts, 24 months: 1
Open educational psychologists tenders: 0
Typical educational psychologists contract: £7.2m

See everything Calderdale Council buys →

How it compares

73× the typical educational psychologists contract (£98k).

Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/321385/educational-psychology-service
Buyer reference: 2025 EP / DA/1012689
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-050f06
Source: Find a Tender
Last checked: 12 October 2026

Calderdale Council. Educational Psychology Service. Contract award, 8 May 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/321385/educational-psychology-service (accessed 12 October 2026).