Welcome to the KS3 Learning and Laptop scheme. Please make sure you have read through all the information on this page, and contact Mr Nick Batchelor if you have any additional questions. The link to sign up is at the bottom of this page.

Information about the laptop, software and support.

We are passionate about learning and use innovative and creative approaches to deliver engaging lessons that challenge our students intellectually, and develop them to be lifelong learners. Students are set ambitious targets and then given the support and constructive feedback they need to achieve them.

The scheme works as follows:

1. The charity “The Learning Foundation” is handling collections, gift aid and the administration on our behalf.

2. The school provides students enrolled in the scheme an Asus E200H which they will use for:

Research | note taking | essay writing | time management | communication and collaboration

3. In addition, the school will provide:

Access to: Office365 | Show My Homework | printing | Hardware support for devices (including accidental damage insurance) | Four sessions a year to support and develop the students' use of technology to support their learning. We also provide TouchTyping and OneNote Learning tools, and will be exploring additional supportive technology.

4. Parent are asked to contribute £12 per month for 16 months(*) (collected by the Learning Foundation). Tax payers should also complete the Gift Aid declaration. We are committed that no one will be excluded from the programme because of their financial circumstances(**).

5. At the end of your child’s time with the school, there would be a one-off payment due of £35 in which the student could take ownership of a device to support their move to Higher Education, training or employment

(*) If you can donate a larger value on a quarterly or Annual basis, please do. This will reduce the administrative charges and help us with the sustainability of the programme.

(**)If you wish to discuss this contribution, please contact Nicholas Batchelor (Network Manager)

About the Learning Foundation: Parents information sheet 2016

Important LEGAL information about Gift Aid.

It is very important to the financial viability of the programme that Parents who are UK Tax payers complete the Gift Aid declaration, and that it be the Tax Payer who sets up the direct debit. - This allows the Learning Foundation to claim Gift Aid from the government without costing you a penny more, and helps us cover costs on the administration of the service.

Sign up to the scheme.