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Discover how Litmus Partnership supports state schools and academies - freeing leadership teams to focus on what matters most: delivering outstanding education.
Our Heritage speaks volumes
State education is where Litmus began – and it remains at the heart of what we do.
We’ve partnered with thousands of schools across the UK, helping them to achieve the highest standards of compliance, quality and value in their food service and soft-FM operations. Our work improves the experience for millions of students – in just a five year period, we enhanced experiences for c3.5 million students.
Our heritage runs deep, our reputation speaks for itself, and our results are measurable.
Optimising Every Stage of Food Service Procurement - Whether In-House or Outsourced
Each year, we manage more than 150 Public Contract Regulated (formerly OJEU) catering (and cleaning) tenders – more than any other consultancy in the UK education sector.
We also offer procure-to-pay system implementation
…for those running an in-house food service operation, alongside a range of other purchasing solutions that offer independent procurement and supply chain expertise, delivering real time savings, stronger supplier performance and smarter ways to manage spend.
Why do so many choose us?
Breadth of knowledge
We understand the pressures schools face. From tight budgets to ever-rising expectations, we bring decades of experience in education food service, soft-FM management and service innovation – helping schools deliver exceptional quality and value.
Solutions for any set-up
Whether you manage services in-house or work with external contractors, we provide independent consultancy to help you make informed decisions, improve standards and enhance the overall consumer experience.
Focus on education, not administration
From policy development and strategic reviews to managing formal tendering exercises, we take care of the operational details – freeing leadership teams to focus on what matters most: delivering outstanding education.
Helping schools every day
Litmus in numbers
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Our aim is simple – to help schools get the best possible value and quality from their food serice operations
Not only that, but our fees have been desgined to be afforable for all. With transparent and fair funding structures, and flexible options for paying them – you’ll always know the full cost before the project begins.
And the best part? The savings we generate usually mean our fees more than pay for themselves.
Client Success Stories
Discover how we’ve helped organisations across education, healthcare, business and the public sector achieve measurable improvements in quality, efficiency and value.
Background Caterham High School first appointed the Litmus Partnership in 2002 to manage the tender process for the catering services on site. Litmus has provided a monitoring service since then and the breadth of service has been broadened to include the tendering and monitoring of the cleaning services on site. Brief The objective of Litmus’…
Read moreBackground The catering services at Maidstone Grammar School were considered ‘fit for purpose’ but the contract had been in place for some years and the school was keen to test the market to ensure they were achieving best value from their catering services. The main objective was to find a high quality solution that was…
Read moreBackground When the school changed to an Academy funding was altered accordingly which put immense pressure on internal budgets. This resulted in a need to reduce costs within both the catering and cleaning budgets, without being detrimental to the standards of service being delivered. Brief Litmus was briefed to re-negotiate the catering contract, as it…
Read moreBackground Having successfully completed the catering tender three years previously, Litmus was appointed to conduct a contract review and report to the Governing Body on whether the school should extend the existing contract for a further two years. Brief Litmus’ brief was clear – to identify and assist the school with selecting a new catering…
Read moreBackground Having successfully completed the cleaning tender, Litmus was re-appointed to manage the catering tender. It had been over 15 years since this tender had been market tested and was in need of being brought up-to-date with current market expectations and conditions. Brief Litmus’ brief was two-fold: Approach Simon BIggs, the Litmus Partnership, said: “With the…
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