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title: "Delivering an attendance mentor programme offering targeted support to persistently absent pupils, and families where necessary, to improve attendance."
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# Delivering an attendance mentor programme offering targeted support to persistently absent pupils, and families where necessary, to improve attendance.

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/delivering-an-attendance-mentor-programme-offering-targeted-support-to-persistently-absent-ocds-h6vhtk-032588). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Education: "Delivering an attendance mentor programme offering targeted support to persistently absent pupils, and families where necessary, to improve attendance.". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £5,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £5,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Career guidance services, Education and training services, Helpdesk and support services, Management training services, Personal development training services (+3 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-032588`

## Before you bid
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- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

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## Description
Regular attendance at school is vital for children’s education, wellbeing, and long-term development. The Secretary of State for Education, Nadhim Zahawi, has made clear that excellent attendance is a priority to ensure that all children can catch up on lost learning caused by the pandemic.  
As announced in the Levelling Up White Paper, the department is planning a new attendance pilot in a group of Education Improvement Areas where there is a clear demographic need to improve persistent and severe absence rates. 
Persistent and Severe absence are a concern across the education sector, raised in publications by, for example, the Centre for Social Justice and the Children’s Commissioner. Mentoring to improve attendance has been suggested as a potential solution to this issue.
We are looking for a contractor that will recruit and train mentors to provide targeted 1 – 1 support with an identified pupil or their family to overcome barriers to attendance. This relationship will need to be reactive to the individuals needs with the overall end goal to improve attendance.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 72253000, 79633000, 79634000, 80510000, 80521000, 80532000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** This contract is to deliver an attendance support offer, initially for one year with the intention to extend to three years (total). The support offer will start in one identified priority Education Improvement Area (EIA) in the first year and aim to...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013341-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-18T10:53:13.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T18:51:09.226Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-032588