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RNS Number : 9289N

RM PLC

21 June 2010



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    RM selected to provide managed ICT services to Derby City BSF programme



RM has been chosen to provide managed ICT services for the Derby City Council's

BSF (Building Schools for the Future) programme. RM will provide the services as

part of the Balfour Beatty Education consortium, which has been appointed

preferred bidder for the contract.



Derby City Council's BSF programme is part of wave 5 of the national BSF

programme. It comprises 18 establishments (secondary schools, special needs

schools and pupil referral units), to be delivered over three phases. Across the

three phases, the contract is expected to be worth GBP35m to RM. The first three

schools will open in September 2012



RM will provide an innovative managed ICT service designed to improve

attainment, expand learning opportunities, raise skill levels, and reach out to

parents and carers. The provision of advanced ICT systems to individual schools

and a City-wide learning platform will be underpinned by comprehensive change

management and professional development programme.



Terry Sweeney, Chief Executive of RM, said:



"We are proud that Derby City Council has chosen to work with us and our Balfour

Beatty Education colleagues to deliver 21st century learning environments in the

City. We are looking forward to working with educationalists and pupils across

the City to make a real difference to educational standards.



"This is the eighth BSF programme RM has been appointed for so far this

financial year. It is an enormous privilege to be involved in improving school

environments for so many pupils. We are wholly committed to doing everything we

can to help teachers to teach and learners to learn in the all of the schools

where we are working."



Evonne Williams, Derby City Council Cabinet Member for Children and Young

People's Services, said:



"It's taken a lot of effort on the part of lots of hard working people to get

the Council to this point and choosing a preferred bidder represents a real

milestone in the BSF project. Subject to financial close, this decision will

allow the real work to begin in the autumn and make some of the biggest changes

to schools the city has ever seen. I look forward to following the progress of

the all these projects."





For further information, please contact:



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| Iain McIntosh/Phil Hemmings, RM   | 08450 700300            |

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| Chris Blundell/Franziska Boehnke, | 020 7404 5959           |

| Brunswick                         |                         |

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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 ww.rm.com/investors and

through the Group's investor blog at rminvestors.wordpress.com

2.   BSF (Building Schools for the Future) is the largest single schools capital

investment programme for over 50 years. BSF will provide world-class teaching

and learning environments for all pupils, teachers and communities in England. 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.



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