Capita awarded
six-year contract by DfE’s Standards and Testing Agency
Capita plc (Capita) has been selected by the Department for
Education’s Standards and Testing Agency (STA) to manage the
administration, processing and support for all primary school
national curriculum assessment (NCA) tests in England. The six-year contract, covering the
2020 to 2024 test cycles, is worth approximately £109 million, with
the new service starting in September
2019 following a phased implementation and transition from
September 2018.
The award of this contract will see STA moving to a
single-supplier model to oversee the delivery of NCA test
operations. Capita will manage the end-to-end process for these
services, which involves the printing, distribution, and collation
of over 9 million test papers annually for key stage 1 and key
stage 2 tests and the phonics screening check, as well as
administering the marking of four million key stage 2 test papers
annually.
Capita’s enhanced digital solution will provide 16,000 schools
and 4,000 test markers with a new secure access portal, providing a
more efficient service which will allow them to review the status
of the test process, obtain results and update and download records
in one place.
This contract is aligned to Capita’s strategy to be a partner to
central government, harnessing Capita’s proven software
capabilities and leveraging its extensive experience of managing
and integrating large scale public service operations.
Jon Lewis, Chief Executive
Officer, Capita, said: “Capita is an established and experienced
partner to the education sector and this contract further
reinforces our strategy. We look forward to using our
technology and service management capabilities to identify and
deliver efficiencies and improvements ensuring both value for money
and a positive experience for schools across England.”
ENDS
Notes to editors:
The total IFRS 15 transaction price of the initial six-year
contract is £105m, plus a subsequent pre-priced one-year extension
price of £23m, subject to STA taking up the option to extend the
contract.
Capita is already a strong player in education, via
market-leading products such as Capita One, its school management
information suite, SIMS. Capita has been responsible for
administering the Teachers’ Pensions since 1996 and is also a
partner in Entrust, a joint venture with Staffordshire County
Council to deliver services to schools.
Government Services has been identified as a key area for growth
for Capita. Our Government Services division delivers multi-service
strategic partnerships; IT and digital transformation; revenues,
benefits, and education support; customer management, and property
and back-office processing. Capita is committed to exploiting its
expertise in data, analytics, robotics and digitisation to support
growth in this market.
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