Directorate Change

RM PLC
29 January 2004



29th January 2004

RM appoints leading educationalist Mike Tomlinson as Non-Executive Director

RM plc, the UK's leading supplier of ICT and other services to education, has
appointed leading educationalist Mike Tomlinson CBE as a Non-Executive Director.
He joins the Board with effect from the 2nd February 2004.

Mike is currently Chair of the DfES' (Department for Education and Skills)
Working Group on educational reform for 14-19 year olds. As Her Majesty's Chief
Inspector for Schools, Mike was responsible for the work of Ofsted (the Office
for Standards in Education) from December 2000 until April 2002. In Summer 2002
he was asked by Estelle Morris (Secretary of State for Education at the time) to
head an independent expert inquiry into A Level Standards.

John Leighfield, Chairman of the RM Group, said:

RM is fortunate to have attracted an educationalist of Mike Tomlinson's stature
as a Board Member. Mike has vast experience of education and is highly respected
by teachers and education policy makers alike. As RM continues its transition
towards being a broadly-based education services provider - and makes an ever
greater contribution to helping teachers improve the effectiveness of education
- Mike's knowledge and insights will be invaluable.'

Mike Tomlinson said:

'RM is one of the UK's leading education companies and I'm pleased to have been
given the opportunity to help shape their strategy. I firmly believe that
private sector companies, delivering a wide range of services, have a key role
to play in the development of education in the UK. For example, in the area of
technology, I commented in my report on A Level standards that ICT offers the
prospect of significant improvements in the efficiency, quality and flexibility
of the examinations system.'

There are no details that are required to be disclosed under paragraph 6.F.2 (b)
to (g) of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.

- Ends -

For further information, please contact:

Mike Greig/Phil Hemmings, RM plc          08709 200200
Fiona Laffan/Mark Antelme, Brunswick      020 7404 5959

Notes to Editors:

1. RM's Nominations Committee has been seeking an experienced
educationalist to replace the skills and experience of Professor Tim Brighouse,
who stood down from the Board in January 2003.

2. Mike Tomlinson - additional biographical details

After gaining a degree in chemistry from Durham University and a teaching
qualification from Nottingham University, Mike Tomlinson taught between 1965 and
1977. In 1977 he was seconded to ICI and then in 1978 he joined Her Majesty's
Inspectorate of Schools.

Following the creation of Ofsted in 1992 he became Deputy Director of
Inspection, then Director of Inspection. In December 2000 he was appointed Her
Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools.

Mike is Chair of the Learning Trust (the body set up to manage education
services in the London Borough of Hackney). He is also Chair of the Advisory
Board of GEMS UK (part of Global Education Management Systems, an international
education management consultancy).

Mike was awarded a CBE for services to education in 1997.



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