Re Contract

RM PLC
27 February 2008

27th February 2008

          RM chosen as ICT supplier for Middlesbrough BSF ICT project

RM has been informed by Middlesbrough Borough Council that subject to the formal
approval of funding from Partnerships for School (PfS) the Group will be
appointed selected bidder for a contract to provide a managed ICT service for
the Council's BSF (Building Schools for the Future) programme. Middlesbrough's
BSF programme covers all eight of the Borough's secondary schools, serving a
total of 5,200 pupils.

For further information, please contact:
Mike Greig/Phil Hemmings, RM plc                        08450 700300
Mark 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.

3.    Partnerships for School (PfS) is a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB), 
      wholly owned by the Department for Children, Schools and Families 
      (DCSF) http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/  but jointly funded by DCSF and 
      Partnerships UK http://www.partnershipsuk.org.uk/




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