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Get help buying for schools is a free buying service for all state funded schools and trusts in England. We can help you procure goods and services such as catering, supply staff and IT solutions.

We aim to help you:

• get good value for money
• save time
• buy compliantly

Quickly find what you need

Our DfE-approved buying options are all compliant so you can use them to buy what you need.

Find the right buying option for your school on our website.

If you need more help

Our procurement experts offer support for schools that have:

• complex buying requirements, for example a multi-school catering contract
• resourcing limitations, for example in small schools with few staff

Get support for your procurement

We’ve already helped over 5,000 schools and trusts

We are impartial and take no payments or commissions from our DfE-approved solutions.

Our only incentive is to help you buy what you need for your school. Read about Lisa Jones’ experience of buying cleaning for her trust.

Webinars and events

We run a series of free webinars during the academic year.

They are designed to highlight DfE-approved routes to market to buy a wide range of goods and services.

These live webinars explain the buying process in a clear and easy to understand way and offer the opportunity to ask questions or seek further advice and support.

Sign up for our webinars and events.