How to win: Engagement on Data Insight, Data Standards, and Digital Support Solutions

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The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking to work with multiple suppliers of pupil and school facing educational software in England. This is an opportunity to inform policy development relating to proposed SEND reforms, interoperability standards to improve the flow of data, and analysis to develop meaningful insights into pupil learning and progress. Suppliers who meet the criteria set out will be able to get directly involved in projects developed by DfE and its authorised partners, sharing knowledge, insights and supplier-side perspectives. This will help DfE build collaboration with the EdTech market. Areas of focus include SEND, key stage 3, and core pupil information and opportunities are set out under several lots described below.

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