{"id":6445,"date":"2022-03-09T11:43:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T10:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445"},"modified":"2022-03-09T11:43:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T10:43:27","slug":"schools-to-benefit-from-below-cost-laptops-for-remote-learning-as-they-prepare-for-potential-new-year-omicron-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445","title":{"rendered":"Schools to benefit from \u2018below-cost\u2019 laptops for remote learning as they prepare for potential new year Omicron closures"},"content":{"rendered":"

No child is to be left behind says edtech charity LGfL<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As the Omicron variant surges and schools nationwide prepare for further disruption, potential closures, and a possible return to remote teaching and learning in 2022, edtech charity LGfL-The National Grid for Learning is once again stepping up support by offering thousands of Chromebooks, procured as part of its successful #BridgeTheDivide initiative, below-cost<\/em>, to help schools ensure no child is left behind during this terrible pandemic. For what is believed to be a first for the UK education market, Chromebooks will be available from just \u00a399.99. \u201cHow have we done this?,\u201d said John Jackson, CEO, LGfL. \u201cWe\u2019ve been using funds raised from other initiatives and ploughed them back into education.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou might think that below-cost devices would be as far as one charity could go, but we have once again gone one step further by providing buy-now pay-later options,\u201d said John. \u00a0\u201cSchools purchasing devices can now choose to be invoiced in April 2022. Our thinking is this would help those in areas of deprivation to achieve the learner-to-device ratios they require, without the financial constraints of an upfront bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>By increasing learner-to-device ratios, these Chromebooks offer significant benefits not just in relation to the continued learning through remote methods, but also for everyday opportunities to teach and learn in different and more effective ways. They\u00a0 build students\u2019 digital literacy skills and independent learning and enable schools to adopt a hybrid approach to teaching and learning, as schools like Whitefield Primary School in Liverpool found.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAs the Headteacher, the impact of working with LGfL over the last two years has been very significant,\u201d said Jill Wright, Whitefield Primary School. \u201cWe felt safe in the knowledge that we were getting best value and used the #BridgeTheDivide scheme to secure Chromebooks for all our children in years four, five and six.\u00a0 It also meant that we had access to a wide variety\u00a0 of online tools too, which had a very positive impact on the teaching and learning in school.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen children were forced to work remotely we were also able to provide extra devices to families with multiple children, provide access to teaching and learning, prevent the children from feeling isolated, help them avoid discord with their siblings and support their parents.\u00a0 We could see who was logging on, ensure that they were safe, chat to them online, send their work back to them and maintain a good relationship with the children and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n

LGfL\u2019s initiative is not just about providing the lowest cost devices for schools and students, but providing a holistic approach to tackling the digital inequalities exacerbated by this ongoing pandemic. Through its partnership with Google, LGfL has been able to provide free on-demand live support<\/a> to give educators the opportunity to acquire the skills required to harness the full capabilities and effectiveness of cloud-based teaching and learning via Chromebooks.<\/p>\n

Through its #BridgeTheDivide initiative LGfL has already delivered over 200,000 new and recycled devices to schools, at a fraction of the cost of the government\u2019s scheme, saving schools an estimated \u00a37M to date. Most importantly, it has enabled children to learn and progress in spite of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are 4.3 million children living in poverty in the UK – we simply cannot sit and watch the 18 month attainment gap between the haves and have nots widen further,\u201d said John, who is urging Local Authorities in areas of high deprivation to fund laptops for children who do not have access to remote teaching and learning at home.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time that we all stand together to help schools during this continuing crisis and the devastation and growing social divide that it creates, to build brighter futures for \u2018all\u2019 our young people,\u201d said John Jackson.<\/p>\n

For more information please visit devices.lgfl.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Please see case studies here:-\u00a0 casestudiesbtd.lgfl.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No child is to be left behind says edtech charity LGfL<\/p>\n

As the Omicron variant surges and schools nationwide prepare for further disruption, potential closures, and a possible return to remote teaching and learning in 2022, edtech charity LGfL-The National Grid for Learning is once again stepping up support by offering thousands of <\/p>\n

Continue reading Schools to benefit from \u2018below-cost\u2019 laptops for remote learning as they prepare for potential new year Omicron closures<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1318,2108,1705,827,25,417,26,264,1827,1054,2648,1796,310,416,422,562,1748],"class_list":["post-6445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-children","tag-covid","tag-covid-19","tag-education","tag-government-public-sector-journal","tag-government-journal","tag-gpsj","tag-gpsj-magazine","tag-healthcare","tag-lgfl","tag-omicron","tag-pandemic","tag-public-sector","tag-public-sector-journal","tag-public-sector-magazine","tag-schools","tag-secretary-of-state-for-health","odd"],"yoast_head":"\nSchools to benefit from \u2018below-cost\u2019 laptops for remote learning as they prepare for potential new year Omicron closures - Government & Public Sector Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Schools to benefit from \u2018below-cost\u2019 laptops for remote learning as they prepare for potential new year Omicron closures - Government & Public Sector Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"No child is to be left behind says edtech charity LGfL As the Omicron variant surges and schools nationwide prepare for further disruption, potential closures, and a possible return to remote teaching and learning in 2022, edtech charity LGfL-The National Grid for Learning is once again stepping up support by offering thousands of Continue reading Schools to benefit from \u2018below-cost\u2019 laptops for remote learning as they prepare for potential new year Omicron closures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Government & Public Sector Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-09T10:43:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Picture1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The GPSJ Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The GPSJ Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/?p=6445#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/?p=6445\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The GPSJ Team\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d54386f99736367ec2789825fed93b4a\"},\"headline\":\"Schools to benefit from \u2018below-cost\u2019 laptops for remote learning as they prepare for potential new year Omicron closures\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-09T10:43:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/?p=6445\"},\"wordCount\":660,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/?p=6445#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/Picture1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Children\",\"COVID\",\"COVID-19\",\"Education\",\"Government & Public Sector Journal\",\"Government Journal\",\"GPSJ\",\"GPSJ Magazine\",\"Healthcare\",\"LGfL\",\"Omicron\",\"Pandemic\",\"public sector\",\"Public Sector Journal\",\"Public Sector Magazine\",\"Schools\",\"Secretary of State for Health\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/?p=6445#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/?p=6445\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/?p=6445\",\"name\":\"Schools to benefit from \u2018below-cost\u2019 laptops for remote learning as they prepare for potential new year Omicron closures - Government & Public Sector Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/?p=6445#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/?p=6445#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/Picture1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-09T10:43:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d54386f99736367ec2789825fed93b4a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/?p=6445#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/?p=6445\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/?p=6445#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/Picture1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/Picture1.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/?p=6445#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Schools to benefit from \u2018below-cost\u2019 laptops for remote learning as they prepare for potential new year Omicron closures\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"Government & Public Sector Journal\",\"description\":\"Public Sector, Government, business, stories and news along with latest developments, research, thought leadership, strategy, policy and insights\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d54386f99736367ec2789825fed93b4a\",\"name\":\"The GPSJ Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/13cdd73dc4abbd6e05b80a0562c7c553a9104ad2e5e96ee20afca2c462894143?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/13cdd73dc4abbd6e05b80a0562c7c553a9104ad2e5e96ee20afca2c462894143?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/13cdd73dc4abbd6e05b80a0562c7c553a9104ad2e5e96ee20afca2c462894143?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"The GPSJ Team\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/gpsj.co.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gpsj.co.uk\\\/?author=3\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Schools to benefit from \u2018below-cost\u2019 laptops for remote learning as they prepare for potential new year Omicron closures - Government & Public Sector Journal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Schools to benefit from \u2018below-cost\u2019 laptops for remote learning as they prepare for potential new year Omicron closures - Government & Public Sector Journal","og_description":"No child is to be left behind says edtech charity LGfL As the Omicron variant surges and schools nationwide prepare for further disruption, potential closures, and a possible return to remote teaching and learning in 2022, edtech charity LGfL-The National Grid for Learning is once again stepping up support by offering thousands of Continue reading Schools to benefit from \u2018below-cost\u2019 laptops for remote learning as they prepare for potential new year Omicron closures","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445","og_site_name":"Government & Public Sector Journal","article_published_time":"2022-03-09T10:43:27+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Picture1.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"The GPSJ Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The GPSJ Team","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445"},"author":{"name":"The GPSJ Team","@id":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/d54386f99736367ec2789825fed93b4a"},"headline":"Schools to benefit from \u2018below-cost\u2019 laptops for remote learning as they prepare for potential new year Omicron closures","datePublished":"2022-03-09T10:43:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445"},"wordCount":660,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Picture1.jpg","keywords":["Children","COVID","COVID-19","Education","Government & Public Sector Journal","Government Journal","GPSJ","GPSJ Magazine","Healthcare","LGfL","Omicron","Pandemic","public sector","Public Sector Journal","Public Sector Magazine","Schools","Secretary of State for Health"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445","url":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445","name":"Schools to benefit from \u2018below-cost\u2019 laptops for remote learning as they prepare for potential new year Omicron closures - Government & Public Sector Journal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Picture1.jpg","datePublished":"2022-03-09T10:43:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/d54386f99736367ec2789825fed93b4a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Picture1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Picture1.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=6445#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Schools to benefit from \u2018below-cost\u2019 laptops for remote learning as they prepare for potential new year Omicron closures"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/","name":"Government & Public Sector Journal","description":"Public Sector, Government, business, stories and news along with latest developments, research, thought leadership, strategy, policy and insights","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/d54386f99736367ec2789825fed93b4a","name":"The GPSJ Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/13cdd73dc4abbd6e05b80a0562c7c553a9104ad2e5e96ee20afca2c462894143?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/13cdd73dc4abbd6e05b80a0562c7c553a9104ad2e5e96ee20afca2c462894143?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/13cdd73dc4abbd6e05b80a0562c7c553a9104ad2e5e96ee20afca2c462894143?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"The GPSJ Team"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/gpsj.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?author=3"}]}},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6447,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6445\/revisions\/6447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}