Shropshire Learning Platform

Netmedia Education, part of the Espresso Group, specialises in the development of web-based learning platforms, data driven education websites and portals, and education applications.

Netmedia has contracts with West Midlands RBC (WMnet), the East of England RBC (E2BN), the Yorkshire & Humberside RBC (YHGfL), and through its framework agreements with Easynet, and also provides services to the South East RBC (SEGfL) and the North East RBC (Northern Grid). In all Netmedia Education serves 42 local authorities and over 6000 schools. Together with Espresso over 12000 schools receive our services.

In 2005 Netmedia completed the deployment of its learning platform to 2850 schools across the East of England.

In 2006, Netmedia client school, Droitwich Spa High School, won the Sports College National Innovation ICT Award for its innovative use of the learning platform in sports education. In 2005 Netmedia Education, through Essex County Council, won the Becta Innovation Award. In previous years it has won the New Statesman Award for e-Government Project of the Year, the MirandaNet Award, the Becta ICT in Practice Award, and the ippr/Guardian E-involvement Award.

Netmedia actively influences the development of standards in the education sector through its membership of the School’s Interoperability Framework Association (SIFa), its membership of the UK SIF Board, the DTI’s Broadband Stakeholders Group, the Becta Learning Platform Stakeholders Group and The British Educational Suppliers Association. Netmedia seeks to drive openness and to deliver learning platform services that keep the total cost of ownership as low as possible, whilst achieving interoperability with other learning services.