Warwickshire LEA Project

RM PLC
01 April 2004


                                                                  1st April 2004


      RM confirms £16 million Warwickshire LEA educational ICT PFI project

RM plc, the UK's leading supplier of ICT and other services to education,
confirms that it has signed a £16 million educational ICT PFI contract with
Warwickshire LEA (local education authority). The Group announced on the 20th
January 2004 that it had been appointed preferred bidder for the contract.

Under the eight-year contract, worth £16 million, RM will provide more than
1,500 teachers with ICT-based Teacher Toolkits designed to improve teaching and
learning in Warwickshire schools.

Commenting on the project, Councillor Richard Grant, Portfolio Holder for
Schools in Warwickshire County Council's Cabinet, said:

'This is an incredibly exciting initiative which puts Warwickshire at the
cutting edge of developments in using new technologies to raise standards and to
improve teaching and learning, and to create multi-skilled, independent and
flexible learners, fit for the 21st century workplace.'

Tim Pearson, CEO of RM, added:

'RM is providing schools in Warwickshire with 21st Century Teacher Toolkits that
go far beyond simply using computers to enliven traditional teaching. Teachers
will have the scope to transform the way they plan, prepare, deliver and assess
lessons.'

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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.  The Warwickshire PFI project is one of four pathfinder DfES projects
aimed at raising educational standards through the innovative application of
Information Communication Technologies.

2.   Each Teacher Toolkit includes an RM Tablet PC, which will be used as
both a personal productivity tool and for delivering lessons. Teachers will be
provided with Kaleidos, RM's virtual teaching and learning environment, to
support them in planning, preparing, delivering and assessing lessons.
Classrooms will be equipped with data projectors, allowing teachers to use their
wirelessly-connected Tablet PCs for interactive whole-class teaching. RM will
also provide a managed, authority-wide network and portal solution, based on RM
Community Connect 3, Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server and Windows 2003 Server.
In addition, 40,000 pupils will benefit from access to enhanced digital content
and lessons through Kaleidos.

3.   Financing for the PFI element of the project will be provided for from
RM's cash resources. The peak financing requirement is expected to be £5 million
in 2005. Annual turnover for the eight-year contract is expected to be broadly
flat.



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