GBP50m OFSTED contract wins

Tribal Group PLC
18 April 2005


REG-Tribal Group PLC
18/04/2005

                £50 million OFSTED inspection services contracts

Tribal Group plc ('Tribal'), the leading UK consultancy and professional support
services company, is delighted to announce that it has signed two contracts with
Ofsted to provide Regional Inspection Services for the delivery of school
inspections.

The contracts, which have a combined value of about £50 million to Tribal over
four years, are for the delivery of inspection services over that period to
around 7,000 schools in the west midlands and south of England. The new
inspection arrangements will commence in September 2005. At present, Tribal
provides inspection services to 550 schools per annum. Details of the new
inspection arrangements can be found at Ofsted's website www.ofsted.gov.uk.

The award of the contracts means that Tribal, which has delivered school
inspections since 1996, is now the largest of the five providers of inspections
for Ofsted in England.

Henry Pitman, Chief Executive of Tribal, said 'We are delighted that Ofsted has
selected Tribal to be its Regional Inspection Services provider in two of the
six Ofsted regions. These are the largest contracts won to date by Tribal
Education, the group's education division.'

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For further information contact:

Henry Pitman, Chief Executive, Tribal Group plc Tel: [phone]
Simon Lawton, Group Finance Director, Tribal Group plc Tel: [phone]

Neil Bennett, Maitland Tel: [phone]
Colin Browne, Maitland Tel: [phone]


Editors' note:

Ofsted - Office for Standards in Education, officially the Office of Her
Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England

Tribal Group plc provides a range of consultancy, support and managed services
to the UK public sector. The group's core markets are in education; local
government, housing and regeneration; health and social care; and central
government. The group employs 1,900 staff in the UK. Tribal is quoted on the
London Stock Exchange (TRB.L).

Links:    Tribal Group plc website: www.tribalgroup.co.uk
          Ofsted website: www.ofsted.gov.uk




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