
Free and impartial advice and guidance you can access from procurement specialists about buying goods and services can be beneficial
The ‘get help buying for schools’ service is made up of various resources to help you buy goods and services efficiently and compliantly. This is a free advice and guidance service for state schools. There is no cost to access it and could help to save you money on your existing contracts.
Advice and guidance
You can:
Tools
Use the DfE’s tools to help you at specific stages of your procurement. You can:
Stay up-to-date
To learn more about the ‘get help buying for schools’ service, you can:
- join @Buying for Schools on LinkedIn for regular updates about how the DfE is supporting schools to make the most of non-staff spend;
- read the DfE’s Buying for Schools blog to see what the DfE are working on now and what the DfE are doing next;
- email [email protected] if you have any further questions;
- sign up for emails about the latest products and guidance to get great value from your school’s resources;
- get emails when the DfE add or update pages on GOV.UK.

