XMA is a provider of managed services, solutions and products to Schools, Further and Higher Education. We were an active provider under the Computer for Pupils (CfP) programme, an ICT partner to 20 Academies and are an approved supplier on the Home Access programme.
XMA is an accredited supplier under the majority of buying frameworks for Education. These include Becta Infrastructure Services Framework, Buying Solutions and regional buying frameworks such as YPO and ESPO, NNA, NEPA, CPC, CBC, NWUPC and NWPCSS agreements.
We deal with over 2,000 schools in the UK, over 90% of universities and 50% of Further Education institutions. We recognise the key drivers in education for driving up pupil performance and bridging the digital divide and as such have been involved with many high profile projects. XMA is the ICT partner to St Matthew Academy:
Deputy Principal, Michael Barry says: "From the initial tender to everything that happened afterwards, XMA was very flexible. Those of us working in education don’t have all the answers when it comes to IT, so it’s so important to find a company we trust. We need to know we can hand over to them because they have the technical knowledge we don’t. I would certainly use XMA again and have no hesitation recommending them to others.”
 Did you visit XMA at Bett 2010?
XMA hosted two extremely successful seminars this year with guest speakers Rob Couch, Guernsey States Education Department and David Baugh, an independent advisor for IT. Further details on the seminars are below, but if you missed out on attending and want further information, email us at xma.marketing@xma.co.uk.
Affordable managed services for schools - Rob Couch
Learn how to overcome fears of private sector
involvement in running school IT services. Hear about the challenges and how to overcome them, the
benefits of sharing services between schools and how this can become affordable in primary schools as well as secondary schools. Click here for more details.
E-Learning environments for schools - David Baugh
Find out how Apple technologies can be harnessed so that learners can use authentic tools in their curriculum. Find out how this learning can be collaborative and how this learning can be distributed and accessed by mobile technology and by multiple learning platforms. Click here for more details.
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XMA - Approved supplier for Home Access national roll-out
Gordon Brown earlier this month promised free laptops and broadband access for 270,000 low income families so that they could better follow their children's progress at school.
Speaking to the annual Learning and Technology World Forum in Westminster earlier this month, Brown said: "We want every family to become a broadband family, and we want every home linked to a school. For those finding it difficult to afford this, today I can announce the nationwide rollout of our home access programme to get laptops and broadband at home for 270,000 families. It will mean all families can come together, learn together and reap rewards together."
XMA is delighted to be an approved supplier and is partnering with T-Mobile stores to deliver its Home Access packages, see www.xma4ha.co.uk for further details. If you are interested in school aggregation contact Kavita Chauhan, Sales Manager for Home Access on 07816 298810 or at kavita.chauhan@xma.co.uk.
The Home Access national roll-out follows the successful pilot in Oldham and Suffolk where over 12,000 grants were issued to low-income families. XMA was the largest supplier on the programme, supplying over 5,500 laptops to the successful applicants. Click here to read more about how XMA delivered in the pilot.
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