Education Today Education Today Magazine
50 years ago, 13 local authorities joined forces to transform public procurement by combining their buying demands to achieve savings. This innovative step marked the birth of YPO as we know it today.
For five decades, procurement has and will continue to remain our heart and soul and we’re incredibly proud of our achievements powered by our team, suppliers, and partners. Alongside working with partners to bring creativity into your learning environments and innovating our website so you can see your personalised content.
We’re 100% publicly owned, meaning all our profits go to the public sector. We’re proud to be a trusted partner, for 50 years and counting. We continue to evolve to meet your needs, from stationery essentials to innovative edtech solution Learning Box. Our journey has been remarkable. We’ve evolved from providing affordable school supplies to developing a solution called Learning Box. Learning Box is a brand-new innovative platform that will transform how schools and pupils experience everyday digital learning tools through a single sign-on solution.
Learning Box gives access to a huge selection of educational applications to bring you:
• Unbeatable value packages designed to save you money
• Single sign-on time-saving access to a world of learning
• Customised bundles across, core and extracurricular learning
• Live analysis assesses learning at year group and class level
• Simplified accounts a single yearly contract directly with YPO
• Consolidated invoicing available at MAT or school level
To discuss how Learning Box can bring a world of connectivity to your school, please contact our team at learningbox@ypo.co.uk.
Joining forces with our partners to give back
As well as all the innovative ways we find to deliver our education customers better value, we find ourselves lucky enough to be partnered with some amazing education brands and charities that all share our vision of helping support and deliver the best services to schools and teachers. The NSPCC – Having 50 years of experience in the education sector, as well as working with local authorities, emergency services, charities and more across the nation, we realise how important it is to keep our children safe that’s why we work with the UK’s leading child protection charity. Since the start of this partnership in 2022, we’ve donated over £50,000! Our bit of doing more for our future generations.
Twinkl – Together, we’ve become a driving force in helping teachers and learners across the UK! Supplying classrooms for decades and with Twinkl’s expertise in educational resources and its vast range of digital teaching materials used by educators worldwide, we’re the perfect match. The collaboration delivers a wide range of classroom solutions for schools, as well as discounts and giveaways, to further our shared mission. We aim to support teachers and learners in various areas with a key focus on PSHE and RSE curriculums. We also partner on Twinkl’s Community Collections. The initiative offers support for education settings across the UK- from sports supplies to gardening kits, to breakfast club vouchers. Each round one lucky setting will win £500 to spend on what they need. Plus, each round we also help an average of 58 further schools with additional support such as other funding, essential equipment, or access to Twinkl resources. Just another way our us giving back to our education community.
To take a look at all our partnerships, visit ypo.co.uk/education/education-partnerships
