Schools and academies

Why choose Crown Commercial Service for your school’s needs?

We are here to help you get the best value when buying products and services. We have a range of deals, supported by the Department for Education (DfE), that make getting a good deal quick, easy and cost-effective. Leaving you more time to focus on what matters most – running your school. Plus, you can use our commercial agreements free of charge.

Our DfE approved deals include:

  • supply teachers and temporary staffing
  • printers, multifunctional devices and software
  • cyber security to improve resilience and security
  • facilities management, from cleaning to maintenance
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Our featured deals

  • Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing

    We understand the pressure schools and academies are under to find the right temporary staff.

    We can help you fill temporary teaching and non-teaching roles compliantly, with an easy to use agency selection tool and the peace of mind of robust background checks.

    Find out more about supply teachers and temporary staffing.

  • Multifunctional Devices and Printers

    Now more than ever, it’s important for schools to save money where possible. Using our Multifunctional Devices (MFDs) agreement, you can gain access to the latest hardware, software and services in the market with no need to do the research.

    Having been through the competitive tender process, our agreement can help you find the right solutions at the best price without the need to obtain 3 quotes.

    Find out more about MFDs and printers.

  • Facilities Management and Workplace Services DPS

    Access a range of facilities management and workplace services including maintenance works, landscaping, cleaning, help desk services and more.

    Our agreement has been designed to help you assess quality and price based on your individual needs. Using the filtering system, you can find relevant suppliers through filters such as service, building type, location and contract value.

    Find out more about facilities management and workplace services.

Aggregation

We recognise that with budgets and resources more squeezed than ever, buying school essentials such as IT hardware and software licenses is no easy task. That’s why we offer a complimentary aggregation service, also known as collective buying, to help take some of the pressure off.

By combining the similar needs of customers from across the public sector, we can increase our national buying power to achieve savings that would not be possible through individual buying. For example, we’re supporting multi-academy trusts to aggregate spend across their schools.

Our team of experts will take care of the process for you, and make sure we get you the best possible deal.

Find out more about aggregation.

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Our digital brochure

Our new digital brochure is packed full of information to help you get the most from buying with CCS. We’ve brought all of our commercial agreements together along with guidance on the best ways to buy and advice on how to make sure your buying decisions are achieving the best possible outcomes for your school or academy.

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Two educational establishments joined an IT hardware aggregation. The Academy Trust saved on average 15.3% whilst the Primary School saved just under 30% in comparison to market prices at that time.

Blogs, news and case studies

  1. News and blogs | 14th November 2024

    Commercial Pipeline update

    Following a review of our pipeline, we have transitioned some agreements to PCR 2015 and extended others.

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  2. News and blogs | 21st October 2024

    Crown Commercial Service announces a new Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft UK, replacing the Digital Transformation Arrangement 21 (DTA21)

    We’re pleased to announce that we have negotiated a new 5-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft, named the Strategic Partnership Arrangement 2024 (SPA24).

    Read more about Crown Commercial Service announces a new Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft UK, replacing the Digital Transformation Arrangement 21 (DTA21)
  3. Procurement Essentials | 11th October 2024

    Legacy IT or the cloud?: digital transformation in the public sector

    Learn how public sector organisations can overcome common legacy IT challenges.

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