Sunderland BSF Contract

RM PLC
13 March 2008

              RM confirms Sunderland City Council BSF ICT contract

RM confirms that it has reached contractual close with Sunderland City Council
for a £16m contract to provide managed ICT services to the Council's BSF
(Building Schools for the Future) programme. The Group previously announced that
it had been appointed selected bidder for the contract on 17 January 2008.

Commenting on the contract, Tim Pearson, CEO of RM, said:

'Reaching contractual close is an extremely important milestone and it's great
news that we've been able to move so quickly in Sunderland. We can now get on
with the important work of delivering the very best ICT services for learners
and teachers in the City.'

Councillor Bob Symonds, Leader of Sunderland City Council, said:

'Reaching financial close means the building blocks are now in place for this
pioneering programme and construction work will begin soon. The initiative is
gathering real momentum and we will continue to consult and inform schools,
local residents and businesses throughout the building programme. We are looking
forward to working with Balfour Beatty Construction and RM to transform the
school experience for thousands of children and young people throughout the
city.'


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.  Sunderland City Council's BSF programme covers five secondary schools and 
    three Sunderland Model academies, serving a total of 8,000 pupils. RM will
    be responsible for designing and delivering a sophisticated managed ICT 
    service, which will be integrated into the fabric of the schools. RM will 
    also provide a shared learning platform for the schools and a Web-delivered 
    MIS system based on its IntegrisG2 product.



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