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    • Laptops for Teachers
    a Becta and Department for Education and Skills initiative

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    • MAIN FEATURES AT A GLANCE:
    • .: Elonex is an official Becta supplier of Laptops for Teachers.
    • .: LEAs and NMS (non-maintained special) schools are eligible to the grant.
    • .: Each school is granted up to £1100 towards laptop purchases in this financial year.
    • .: Laptops registered through the scheme, belong to the school.
    • .: Laptops can be used both at work and at home.
    • .: LEAs can reclaim the VAT from purchases.
    • HOME COMPUTING INITIATIVE
    • Tax-free loans on company PCs for employees to use at home.
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    BECTA Laptops for Teachers Initiative The Laptops for Teachers (LfT) initiative is a successful, well-organised programme from the DfES and Becta. It provides teachers with laptop computers for use both at home and school. Both schools and LEAs can purchase the laptops, and schools allocate laptops to teachers.

    Who can have a laptop under the initiative?
    The new funding arrangements allow schools to purchase any ICT equipment, but LEAs can still purchase the laptops for schools, with bulk purchasing leading to lower prices. Schools allocate the laptops to teachers on a long-term loan.

    Unlike previous schemes, the school owns the laptop, and teachers are not required to make a financial contribution. The funding cap has been set by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) at £1,100 for this financial year. This is the maximum amount that an LEA or NMS (non-maintained special) school can spend per laptop unit using LfT funding.

    How to purchase an Elonex laptop

    Elonex Laptops for Teachers
    As an official Becta supplier of the LfT scheme, Elonex offers full specification laptops at very competitive prices. Please visit the Mobile Computing page to learn more about the full range of laptops that we offer. Alternatively, feel free to call our education consultants for more information.