Rm Regulatory News (RM.)

28 Apr 2008 07:00

RM PLC28 April 2008 28 April 2008 RM agrees £7m contract extension with Leeds City Council RM has reached agreement with Leeds City Council to extend the scope of its BSF(Building Schools for the Future) ICT contract to include a further foursecondary schools. The Group announced in May 2007 that it been appointed by theCouncil as Strategic ICT Partner for its fourteen-school BSF programme. The four recently-built additional schools, which are not part of the Council'sBSF building programme, will receive the same sophisticated managed ICT serviceas those schools included in the initial contract. They will also benefit fromthe strategic ICT development advice and accredited continuing professionaldevelopment service which RM is providing to Education Leeds, Leeds CityCouncil's frontline education service. Commenting on the contract confirmation, Tim Pearson, CEO of RM, said: 'Since we reached contractual agreement nine months ago, we've been workingclosely with Education Leeds to make sure everything is in place to deliverexcellent ICT for the City's learners and teachers. Being chosen to provide ICTfor a further four secondary schools - outside of the BSF programme - reflectsthe very positive reputation we're developing with educationalists in the City.' Councillor Richard Harker, Leeds City Council's executive board member forLearning, said: "RM shares our vision and commitment to creating brilliant learning acrossLeeds. "By extending this partnership beyond our BSF schools we can make sure thousandsmore of the City's young people benefit from the fantastic learningopportunities which cutting edge technology brings." For further information, please contact: Mike Greig/Phil Hemmings, RM plc 08450 700300Mark Antelme, Brunswick 020 7404 5959 Notes to Editors: 1. Founded in 1973, the RM Group is a leading provider of educational products and services to schools, colleges and universities, local government and central government education departments and agencies. RM works closely with educationalists to create new products, processes and technology which improve teaching and learning. RM is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the symbol RM.L 2. BSF (Building Schools for the Future) is the largest single schools capital investment programme for over 50 years. It aims to rebuild or renew every one of England's 3,500 state secondary schools during the lifetime of the programme. A key part of the initiative is to ensure that local authorities develop a sustainable, area-wide ICT strategy for schools in line with the Government's personalised learning agenda: 10% of the funding is ring-fenced for ICT. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange