# Professional Development Programme - Phase 3

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Education Development Trust
- Award value: £15,943,019
- Tender value: £15,943,019
- Award date: 9 November 2022
- Published: 9 November 2022
- Contract start: 9 November 2022
- Contract end: 31 March 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 52aa1ea7-99c0-477a-b368-58c688d41c9c-588598
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-333af637-d2be-4e63-998b-929c51d2ee2f

## Description

This contract will deliver the third phase of the Early Years Professional Development Programme \(PDP3\)\. PDP3 will build on two earlier phases of the programme \(PDP1 and PDP2\)\. The objective of PDP3, a Continuing Professional Development \(CPD\) programme, is to equip up to 10,000 Early Years Practitioners \(EYPs\) with the skills they need to provide high quality support for early years children \(age 2 - 4\) by March 2025\. This programme will have a particular emphasis on communication and language, maths, and Personal, Social and Emotional Development \(PSED\)\. The Contract covers all upper tier Local Authorities \(across England\), with a focus on reaching Settings with high levels of disadvantaged children whose learning has been most affected by COVID-19\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/52aa1ea7-99c0-477a-b368-58c688d41c9c-588598)