The 2025 intake will be expected to purchase the school device. Every student at BHS is expected bring a device to school and will often be required to use it at home for completing homework or research. Purchasing a device through BHS ensures your child has a laptop that is correctly configured with school software. The company offers a complete peace of mind service and support contract, which is aimed at ensuring your child does not find themselves without a laptop should for any reason it develops a fault. Also, the safeguarding software SENSO installed on the devices means that students cannot access harmful material and improves our teachers’ ability to give the students the best classroom learning experience. We strongly recommend you use the scheme.

Please remember the school is not responsible for any damage or theft occurring onsite or whilst travelling to and from school.

Students must store all files on their school OneDrive. This allows other teaching tools to be available for use at Teachers' discretion, which use OneDrive. iCloud, DropBox, Google Drive, non-school OneDrives and other similar services cannot be accessed in school. Using a school OneDrive protects against losing all a student’s work, if a device is lost or stolen.

Full instructions will be made available for September.

Technology is playing more and more of a central role in schools. One of the problems with its use is that not all students have equal access to it, and as a result, some of its real benefits cannot be utilised. Secondly, the COVID-19 pandemic has made us all aware of its vital role in learning. At BHS we want to capitalise on some of the positive IT gains we have made with online learning and continue to use these as part of our day-to-day practice. Students have enjoyed the way in which they have been able to progress at different speeds, as an individual device makes them more independent, and should we ever enter a lockdown period again, it will reduce pressure on devices at home.

Yes, but only in curriculum areas that rely on it as an integral part of the course, including graphics, computing and music.

No. Devices will be used in lessons where they support the learning; otherwise, they may become a distraction and we do not want students on their device for the whole day. We aim to protect social times (break and lunch times) and keep them device-free. There are allocated rooms for IT use at lunch times in the unlikely event that students need to use their device at this time. Devices can also be used by Sixth Form students in their study areas at break and lunch, but otherwise they should be out of sight at these times to afford students a break from their screens.

If you have not purchased the laptop outright and have opted for a subscription plan then you may either continue with the subscription plan or return the device. Terms and conditions apply, and you should contact Easy4U directly. They may be contacted on 0330 808 0119 or info@easy4u.school

Yes, they can use the device to support their learning at home. You are responsible for all usage of the device, and all Wi-Fi/Internet access at home by your child.

No. The school operates this scheme to enable access to technology for all students, for a low monthly fee. The school makes no money from running this scheme.

Yes, please refer to the 2024 Intake flyer below.

Yes, please refer to the 2024 Intake flyer below.

One per student.

If you opt to pay on a monthly basis there will be an option to buy at the end of the term against retention of the deposit amount.

The customer pays a deposit in advance equal to four rental periods (this does not apply in case of purchase) No credit rating assessment or registration needed.

Devices will be delivered to school and brought home by your child. We will update you on this once school starts in September.

Instructions will be provided on how to set up the device.

We suggest you do not install paid-for software on these devices. Should the device develop a software or hardware issue, the device will either be replaced or wiped to factory settings. This would mean the loss of any paid-for software.

Microsoft 365 software will be automatically installed on scheme devices (and remains licensed whilst your student is at the school). These are general-purpose devices for generic non-specialist use. They are designed for use by KS3 and KS4 and not designed for advanced use such as CAD, digital audio workstation, composition software or gaming.

We recognise that these are students’ personal learning devices and have worked hard to achieve the correct balance for setting up the devices for safe use in school. We're also encouraging the use of internet at home, and we have a duty of care to make this experience as safe as possible. To that end, the devices will be monitored, and internet access will be filtered in line with DFE advice when in school. In addition, a web content filter will be applied for home use (to block harmful or inappropriate content. More information on the software being used can be found on the 2024 Intake flyer below.

If necessary, school staff may access students’ OneDrives and can ask students to show them their device screens when in school.

Settings and software may be updated from time to time (depending on your make of device and the role of the user in school) but are always within the framework of keeping internet access in school as efficient and as safe as possible, deploying software for students to use, and protecting the schools’ infrastructure, software and management agent.

We take the privacy of both our parents and students seriously. Please note that for safeguarding reasons, the use of unfiltered MiFi/Personal hotspot internet access is forbidden onsite. All users must only use school wi-fi to access the internet.

The scheme is managed by Easy4U, (Class Technology Solutions Ltd). If the device has a hardware issue it will be swapped. If there is a software issue, it will usually be wiped back to factory settings, ready for setting up again. During this process, any extra software installed will be lost. Any files not saved on the students’ OneDrive will also be lost. It is therefore essential that your child saves all their files on their school OneDrive.

The quoted battery life is enough for a full day at school. We recommend that your child charges the laptop at home overnight so that they do not miss out on any learning in lessons. It is not practical for students to charge their own equipment on the school site.

Students must store all files on their school OneDrive. This is then backed up automatically to the cloud. The instructions with the device include setting up the school OneDrive. Please note, memory sticks are often damaged and are not as reliable as cloud storage. If the device has to be fixed, wiped or replaced, any files not stored on OneDrive will be lost.

No. Windows 11 comes with Windows Defender Antivirus and a Firewall, together with Secure Boot, which is a feature that ensures only trusted software is allowed to run during the boot process, protecting against rootkits and other malware that might attempt to load at start up. We therefore recommend you do not purchase any other antivirus or security software as this may be incompatible with the schools’ set up. This may make it difficult to bring your own existing device.