RM selected to provide IT ser

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RM PLC

09 August 2010

 



9 August 2010

RM selected to provide IT services to new Academy in Staffordshire

RM has been selected to provide IT services to Landau Forte Academy at Tamworth, a new-build Academy being established on two sites in Tamworth, Staffordshire. The sites, each with 900 students, will be dedicated to different age groups specifically 11-16 year old students and a Post-16 centre. The project is worth £2.5m to RM.

The Landau Forte Academy at Tamworth opens in existing buildings in September 2010 and will move to purpose-built new accommodation in September 2011. The lead sponsor for this new Academy is the Landau Forte Charitable Trust, which is responsible for the highly successful Landau Forte College in Derby. RM has been the ICT supplier to the Landau Forte College for the last ten years.

RM will provide a wide range of Group products, including Community Connect Anywhere, RM ecoquiet PCs, a cashless catering system and connectivity to link the three Academy sites together.

Terry Sweeney, Chief Executive of RM, said:

"The award of the Landau Forte Academy project is great news for RM. It is very clear that Academies are going to be an increasingly important part of the wider community of schools and RM is well-positioned as a significant supplier to them.

"We're delighted to be extending our relationship with the Landau Forte Charitable Trust. The new Academy is an ambitious project which will provide a magnificent learning environment for pupils in Tamworth."

For further information, please contact:

Iain McIntosh/Phil Hemmings, RM plc	08450 700300
Chris Blundell/Leonora Burtenshaw, Brunswick	020 7404 5959

Notes:

1.   The RM Group is a leading provider of educational solutions that help teachers to teach and learners to learn. RM works closely with educationalists to create new products, processes and technology which improve education. RM is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the symbol RM.L, ISIN GB0002870417. Further details are available at www.rm.com/investors and through the Group's investor blog at rminvestors.wordpress.com

2.   The Landau Forte Academy in Tamworth is a separate project which was being developed alongside Staffordshire County Council's wider BSF programme. In the list of schools published on 5 July 2010 as part of the Department for Education's review of the BSF project, Landau Forte Academy was noted as "Unaffected".

 

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