National Commissioning Academy
Bring a live commissioning challenge and develop your practice with people from across public services. See the programme page for the current cohort, commitment, and fees.
Explore the Academy →PSTA programmes, tools, and practical support
Choose a development programme, try a practical tool, or talk with us about the change you need to make.
These are current routes into the PSTA’s work. Follow each programme for its format, fees, and booking arrangements, or tell us about your team and live challenge.
Develop your practice and your team
Commissioning: a ten-step introduction
Understand the commissioning task, work through its practical steps, and apply them to your own context.
Explore the introduction →Contract management development
Develop the judgement, relationships, and practical disciplines needed to manage public-service contracts.
Explore contract management →Commissioning and innovation
An experiential programme for working across complex systems and developing different ways forward.
Explore the programme →Leading Transformation
A broad programme of recorded modules and additional material, with options for supported application to live work.
Explore Leading Transformation →Commissioning simulation
Practise decisions and explore their consequences in a facilitated simulation.
Explore the simulation →Learning and capability partnership
Develop a team through a live change challenge, connecting learning, workplace practice, and sponsor review.
Explore the partnership →LGR and devolution
Tailored development for the people making reorganisation and cross-place working happen. See also the Devolution Academy.
Explore LGR development →Tools and a place to start
smartCompass
A prototype tool to help you explore your system and community-powered outcomes.
Explore smartCompass →Commissioning Compass
Systems assessment for change, with a route to the original tool.
Explore the Compass →Compass v2.0 beta
Read and contribute to the emerging version of the systems-change tool.
Explore the beta →Commissioning health check
Review your organisation’s commissioning practice and discuss useful next steps. Confirm scope, availability, and any fee with us.
Explore the health check →