home access grants - aggregation
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Home Access GrantsAggregation - Birmingham
style
Simon Whitehouse – Digital Birmingham
Digital Birmingham – Measure #1
Percentage of pupils with connected digital
technology at home
History
• Aston Pride – Computers in the Home
• Birmingham delivered 18,000 Computers for Pupil machines
• Equitable and fund generating scheme through Birmingham e-Learning Foundation
Salman
So, why aggregate?
Notional allocation
Benefits
Strategic
A Birmingham imageLinks into our Learning PlatformAdditional take up outside of grant recipientsGreater engagement with familiesContinue work with Be-LF
Warda
Benefits
Tangible
Negotiate with approved suppliers for :-
Extra devices
Extra connectivity, software, hardware
Extra services – Learning Platform etc.
Working towards aggregation
Partnership Working
• Children, Young People and Families• Schools• Link2ICT – IT Service for Education• Birmingham e-Learning Foundation• Building Schools for the Future• Organisations outside education, JC+, UK
Online . . . .
Preparation
Benefits identified
Recipients mapped
Briefing papers in to DCS
Schools’ Forums presented to
Headteacher focus group formed
IT services in Education on board
Timescales
September 14th – Aggregation application
Resources committed
Delivery plan agreed
Link2ICT contracted
Application
The Numbers
Delivery Plan
Strategic alignment
Benefits
Previous experience
Resources
Birmingham
is not unique
sometimes is not even the best
