School presentation

Pearson PLC
08 December 2005


Press release

Thursday 8 December 2005

Presentation at CSFB media conference


Steve Dowling, President of Pearson's School business, is today presenting at
CSFB's Global Media Week conference in New York. The presentation begins at
0940 EST (1440 GMT) and a link to the webcast will be available at 
www.pearson.com.

Steve Dowling will update investors on the education funding and policy
environment, and will outline several new growth opportunities Pearson is
targeting in the US School market. There will be no update on current trading 
or on the outlook for 2006, but Dowling will say:

"For some time now, we've been saying that 2005 would be the first of several
very strong years for the School industry. With our sales up 17% after nine
months, we're confident that 2005 will be a record year for our School business,
and that we will achieve further growth in 2006 and beyond."

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