About
The Learning Foundation is an independent registered charity dedicated to helping children achieve their full potential.
Here you will find full details of our beliefs, our strategy and our people.
Our services
Our services
The Learning Foundation is an independent registered charity dedicated to helping children achieve their full potential. Here you will find full details of our beliefs, our strategy and our people.
As a Charity, we manage money for schools and parents. It is important therefore that you are completely comfortable with our financial position. Here you will find our last three years accounts to support your confidence.
Media contact point
Media contact point
In order to provide the media with quick access to our views on key issues as they break, we endeavor to provide the media with bite sized publishable statements that can be lifted from our site and used as required.
Community
Our relationships with organisations and individuals in the education, technology and charity sectors are very important to us.
Who we are
Who we are
Find out more about the teams that run the Learning Foundation, our Regional CHampion Schools and our relationships with other organisations.
Our blog
Our blog
Keep in touch with our thoughts, ideas and observations by following our blog.
e-Newsletter
e-Newsletter
We hope you will welcome our informative newsletter that will be published once each term. Our plan is to provide you with all of the latest news about funding and technical developments combined with case studies and news from schools around the UK and from other countries.
Get involved
Get involved
The Learning Foundation is an independent registered charity dedicated to helping children achieve their full potential. Here you will find full details of our beliefs, our strategy and our people.
Activities
Information about our events taking place in the educational market and particularly those run by ourselves and our Regional Champion Schools.
Tech in Education Events
Tech in Education Events
There are an increasing number of conferences and exhibitions that take place in the educational field that are looking specifically at the use of technology in teaching and learning. We have tried to consolidate them all together here for your convenience.
Regional Champion Events
Regional Champion Events
The Learning Foundation has a number of Regional Champion Schools around the country which, from time to time, run open days where other school leaders, teachers and parents have the opportunity to see and hear about all aspects of setting up, running and managing a successful 1:1 programme.
There are many events that take place in the educational field that may not be related to the use of technology in education but may well still be of interest to our visitors. With that in mind we try to list as many of the primary events here for your convenience.
Our conferences
Our conferences
From time to time we organise our own conferences allowing us to provide very specific content in line with our mission and the help and support we can offer. Here you will find information about any future conferences planned.
Our Projects
Our Projects
In addition to our primary activity we also undertake a number of special projects. Some of these we initiate ourselves and these may last from a few weeks to a few years while other pieces of work involve working as partners on projects initiated by others.
Schools
Whatever stage you are at, here you will find a wealth of information to advise and guide you through the process of establishing a 1:1 programme in your school.
In order for you to be inspired to take the idea forward you need to be convinced that the effort it will take will be worthwhile. We have pulled together the latest and most powerful research to demonstrate this and combined it along with real case studies of schools that have already been on the journey.
How can I make it happen?
How can I make it happen?
Now you are ready to progress you need to understand all the hurdles and pitfalls - it will be time well spent!
Toolkit
Toolkit
This is a very comprehensive toolkit covering all of the issues, challenges and barriers to success that you might meet on your journey to launching a fully inclusive and sustainable 1:1 programme.
Our donation services
Our donation services
Once you launch there are a number of services that we can offer to make the administration of your programme smooth and painless.
Directory
Directory
We have brought together a list of companies that we believe are familiar with the particular needs of schools and education. This is not an endorsement or recommendation, simply a way of saving you some time.
Parents
If you are a parent involved in a 1:1 programme at your child's school - or you would like to encourage your school to launch one - then this section will explain how how our programmes work, demistify some of the terminology and show you how you can get involved.
Why parents are so important
Why parents are so important
Of course, as parents, you'll know that your influence, support and love for your child will all play a really important part in how your child grows, learns and interacts with others and the world around them. One aspect of your role which is sometimes not so clear is how you support your child with their learning and especially when they are at school.
What we do
What we do
The role the Learning Foundation plays is not always understood by parents as we tend to work in the background and more closely with schools than parents. Here we hope to de-mystify our role and how we help.
How technology helps learning
How technology helps learning
Until recently it was strange that teachers and pupils alike tended to leave the technology-enabled lives behind them as they entered the classroom. But now, increasingly schools and educators are seeing and realising the benefits that technology in all its forms can add to the learning experience and to child and school development and management too.
Understanding Gift Aid
Understanding Gift Aid
If you are a UK tax payer then by signing a Gift Aid declaration you will enable us to add 25% onto the value of your contribution. This helps the school with the administration cost of the programme and ensures that every penny you donate can go towards your children’s learning programme rather than pay for overheads.
Understanding Direct Debits
Understanding Direct Debits
More than half of all UK bill payers now pay by Direct Debit because it has so many advantages. So what exactly is Direct Debit?
Safety & Security
Safety & Security
Safety in relation to children having a device to use at home and in school includes a three key areas:- (1) Safety online, (2) Physical safety of the child when they are carrying it around and (3) the protection of the device from damage. This section covers these key areas.
How we protect your data
How we protect your data
Misuse of personal information by some charities and other organisations has recently become an area of considerable concern, and rightly so. Here we explain what we do to protect the personal information we hold for donors.
Encourage your school
Encourage your school
If you want to encourage your child’s school to look at running a 1:1 programme then read on...
Useful Info for parents
Useful Info for parents
Here you will find lots of helpful information including:- common questions we receive, other websites to visit and our App of the Month feature for iPad & Android tablets.