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Contract Performance Management – Litmus Verify
Litmus Verify helps schools and MATs manage ongoing catering contracts and cleaning performance, reducing costs and improving satisfaction using the UK’s largest education database
Keeping Your Services on track
Litmus Verify is a powerful performance insight platform designed specifically for schools and Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs). It helps you understand exactly how your catering and/or cleaning service is performing against others in your region — financially, operationally and experientially — and ensures that the calibre of service provided, and the fees charged by contractors, are 100% in line with what’s been agreed.
The real work starts after contracts are signed, however we understand that business leaders are often too busy to manage ongoing contracts effectively. This is why we do this for you. You can discover more about our approach below.
Preventing you from overspending, or services being under-delivered
With more than 30 years of experience and the largest database of outsourced school catering operations in the UK, Litmus Partnership has helped more schools manage tenders, measure performance and save money than any other consultancy.
Litmus Verify takes that expertise further — transforming traditional KPI reporting into clear, comparative insight that shows you what good really looks like across the wider sector – and prevents you from overspending, or services being under-delivered.
More ways to reduce operational costs
School catering budgets are under increasing pressure, and every saving matters. Litmus Verify helps schools and MATs identify hidden inefficiencies, benchmark performance against peers and pinpoint opportunities to reduce costs — without compromising quality.
Whether you’re a single school or part of a large trust, the latest Verify features deliver greater transparency and a deeper understanding of how your catering service performs, helping you recover more value from every pound spent.
What Litmus Verify can do for you
With access to the largest national database of school catering data, Verify provides unmatched context and insight — turning numbers into meaningful, actionable intelligence.
It can:
- Benchmark performance – Compare your catering and cleaning KPIs against hundreds of schools nationwide to understand how you measure up.
- Gauge satisfaction – See how your staff and students rate your service compared to others, helping you identify strengths and areas to improve.
- Assess Free School Meal (FSM) uptake – Understand if your FSM participation is high, average or below others in your region.
- Compare food costs per pupil – See how your costs stack up against similar schools to identify savings potential.
- Reveal hidden insights – Access valuable operational and financial data not previously available through traditional reporting.
The result? Objective, data-driven insights that inform smarter decisions, stronger performance and greater value for money.
How it works
We make the process straightforward — removing complexity and ensuring clarity at every stage.
Our client journey has been refined through years of experience to make working with Litmus simple and effective.
From the initial review to in-depth analysis, Litmus Verify is delivered by our team of education catering specialists who understand the unique challenges schools face.
With ongoing consultancy support, this service isn’t a set and forget solution – we ensure ongoing management is consistent and thorough, so you can feel reassured that no stone is being left unturned.
Client Success Stories
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Insights And News
Stay informed with the latest industry insights, expert commentary and project updates from the Litmus Partnership team.
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Why Litmus Verify matters
For more than three decades, Litmus Partnership has supported schools in managing tenders, contracts and performance reviews — saving millions of pounds through robust analysis and expert advice.
Litmus Verify brings all that experience together into a single, intuitive platform — combining detailed financial analysis, operational benchmarking and customer feedback into one clear picture of performance.
It’s more than measurement — it’s a management tool that drives improvement.
The benefits
Using Litmus Verify gives schools and MATs:
- Clear visibility of financial and operational performance.
- Benchmark data to compare catering results nationally and regionally.
- Insights into pupil and staff satisfaction.
- Evidence to support contract discussions and performance reviews.
- Tools to identify and recover hidden costs.
- Continuous improvement through ongoing performance tracking.
With Litmus Verify, you gain the clarity to see where you stand — and the confidence to know how to improve.
Contact Us
We love to connect with business leaders that want to make a change. Contact our friendly team to request a no obligation chat about your current challenges and goals.