COV - Careers advice & support to Coventry schools - 2025

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Value

£72,875

Classifications

  • Career guidance services

Tags

  • tender

Submission Deadline

6 days from now

Published

4 days ago

Description

Coventry City Council is seeking Careers advice and support to Coventry schools to enable them to meet the GATSBY benchmarks.

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