About Our
Global Education Supplies
The Global Education Supplies division (GES) is a combination of 2 businesses that deliver an extensive range of products and services to Nurseries and Schools across the World.
KCS Education
KCS Education was formed in 1930 to supply schools, within the county of Kent. Since then, KCS Education has grown to be one of the largest suppliers to Nurseries, Schools and Public Sector Organisations in the UK, with thousands of customers nationwide.
We’re continually evaluating our extensive product ranges, developing products from practitioners and teachers’ ideas, and sourcing the latest products available from our large compliant supply base.
Throughout the year, we curate a family of catalogues to market a large proportion of the 30,000+ products we have available on our market leading website. We pride ourselves on being able to provide the products that will help in part, teachers to teach and learners to learn.
We also offer a turn-key solution for school refurbishments and new school builds.
CES Holdings
CES was formed in 1983 to consolidate school resources from the best suppliers across the world and deliver them to International Schools all around the world.
Today, CES is the largest International Schools consolidator in the UK, working with International Schools, Nurseries and Ministries of Education to supply educational products or manage major projects. CES has offices in Manchester, Dubai and Bangkok.
Through our strong partnerships with world-leading suppliers, we offer the very best products which are ethically sourced and compliant with safety standards. With over a million resources to choose from, every school requirement is expertly catered for.
As a specialist provider to English-medium schools, our range of products is relevant to multiple programmes of study, including the UK curriculum and International Baccalaureate. We are dedicated to meeting the needs of all age ranges and abilities, with specialist Early Years and SEN ranges.
We also support schools deliver projects; from interior design, procurement, delivery & installations we help our international customers with an end to end service, supporting the development of new schools, refurbishments and extensions.
As a division, we strive to provide the best products and services to our customers, continually improving the propositions that we take to market and keeping the customer at the heart of everything we do.
What We Offer
KCS Education are experts in sourcing, managing and creating the products and services required to run schools, nurseries or public sector organisations across the UK.
They are committed to delivering outstanding customer service, with a team of over 100 specialists who work with their customers from finding the right products, answering product queries to arranging special deliveries and providing general product advice and support.
CES Holdings provide a ‘one-stop-shop’ for the supply of educational resources to international schools worldwide. Working with suppliers and publishers from the UK, USA, Europe and Australia, CES offers its customers an unparalleled selection of books, classroom equipment, classroom resources and furniture all available from a single source.