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EDUCATIONUPDATETHE NEWSLETTER FOR SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES

Autumn Term 2013

IN THIS ISSUE. . .02 Framework focus –

Education Sector

03 Product News – PaperMate Inkjoy™

04 News In Brief – Benchmarking/ Diary Dates

PEMBROKESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL SAVES OVER £100,000 A YEAR WITH THE ESPO TELECOM FRAMEWORK

THE BACKGROUNDThanks to the ESPO Telecom Framework, Pembrokeshire County Council has saved over £100,000 (36%) on its landline telephony charges as a direct result of using ESPO Contract 7.

The combined and collaborative approach to find a telecommunications solution that would deliver much needed cost and efficiency savings materialised when AdEPT Telecom contacted Pembrokeshire County Council to explain the ESPO Telecom Framework (contract 7).

THE ESPO TELECOM FRAMEWORK (CONTRACT 7)The new Framework offers the lowest ever prices for line rental and call charges, including calls to mobiles reducing by over 50%, compared to the previous framework. It is available to all public sector bodies including schools nationwide.

AdEPT Telecom PLC are the sole recommended supplier of landline calls, lines, ADSL, broadband, super-fast fibre broadband and SIP trunks, under the ESPO Telecom Framework. AdEPT has demonstrated its clear credentials to deliver low cost solutions that will enable public sector businesses to meet their operational and financial obligations.

After reviewing the Framework and conducting a cost-benefit study of the offering, Pembrokeshire County Council agreed the contract with AdEPT Telecom.

The handling of the changeover from BT was a key challenge overcome by the AdEPT-ESPO solution.

THE OUTCOMEPembrokeshire County Council are now saving over £100,000 a year, with no hardware changes and no ‘technology refresh’ costs to impact on their capital budgets.

As well as dramatically reducing direct costs, there have been reductions in administration and both operational and management costs. There has been no negative impact on services to the public either.

The Council and AdEPT are now examining other potential efficiency savings and operational benefits.

For further information on the ESPO Telecom Framework and how it could help your organisation make significant savings, please go to www.telecom-framework.org or call 0800 668 1717. You can also email us:- espo@adept-telecom.co.uk

Phonics Reminder:The deadline for any state-funded school, academy or free school with key stage 1 or 2 pupils to claim up to £3,000 match funding to buy phonics products & training is 31st October 2013. Visit www.espo.org/phonics for further information.

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THE REQUIREMENT

After having the assistance for their previous arrangement, Brunts Academy required the assistance of a broker to help them identify the most appropriate and cost-effective insurance ready for the new school term.

THE SOLUTION

Brunts Academy used the national public sector Insurance Services framework agreement (RM958) following a recommendation from another Academy.

Developed collaboratively by the Pro5 consortium and GPS, the framework offers a range of options and suppliers to cater for the varying needs of different public sector establishments and it aims to deliver value for money through combining insurance spend.

THE RESULTS

Aon (the chosen broker) conducted a detailed analysis of Brunts Academy’s portfolio to determine their requirements, which included reviews of the sums insured and levels of excess. This resulted in a tailor-made solution in line with Education Funding Authority (EFA) requirements.

By using the framework, Brunts Academy saved 70% on broker fees (when compared to the previous year) and around 30% on the previous insurance premium.

Overall this meant they achieved a total saving of 36% on the previous arrangement (broker and premium) and they did not need to apply for the top up allowance from the EFA as they had done last year.

The new insurance programme will encourage Brunts Academy to proactively manage their risk as they will be entitled to a low claims rebate if their claims fall below a certain percentage of the premium.

Orchard Clothing have invested in the most up-to-date web technology to supply school uniforms online.

Parents can now log on to the new Orchard Clothing website via their school link and select uniform from their own dedicated webpage in a matter of seconds.

Schools who wish to participate are issued with their own authorisation code and can view real time tracking of orders, financial detail and delivery information. Schools can also order uniforms for themselves, their kitchen staff, cleaners and caretakers.

A free monthly bulk delivery service is also available to schools to help reduce costs.

All stocks are held in Orchard Clothing’s fully automated stores at no cost to the schools. Set up is free and your online service

ESPO INSURANCE SERVICES FRAMEWORK – BRUNTS ACADEMY SAVES 36%

FRAMEWORK FOCUS FOR THE EDUCATION SECTOR

ESPO Contract 343 – Energy Performance of Buildings (Surveying, Assessment & Certification)All public buildings in England and Wales, including schools, with a floor area over 1000m2 have needed a Display Energy Certificate (DEC) and accompanying Advisory Report since 1st October 2008.

These DEC’s need to be updated on an annual basis.

Changes in legislation now require buildings with floor areas over 500m2 to display a DEC and a number of schools will fall into this category.

DEC’s for buildings over 500m2, but less than 1000m2 are valid for 10 years.

The Certificate must be displayed in a prominent place that is clearly visible to members of the public and should be no smaller than A3 in size.

The Advisory Report, which accompanies the DEC contains a range of possible improvements, including cost-effective measures that may be implemented to improve the energy performance of the building.

If you have more than one building that meets the criteria detailed above, you will need a certificate for each building.

ESPO has a renewed framework of suppliers who can complete DEC’s .

The framework is designed to offer a simple and effective route to purchasing a service to meet all requirements relating to the Energy Performance of Buildings directive and energy surveying in general. This encompasses all of the measures being introduced via the legislation so that users will be fully compliant.

For further information on the Framework and details of the suppliers involved, please contact Natasha Brown at ESPO on 0116 294 4074 or email energy@espo.org

ESPO CONTRACT 144 – SCHOOL UNIFORMS

could be up and running within a week of approval.

For further details visit www.orchardclothing.co.uk or contact Ray Eyre on 0845 208 0471 or email ray@orchardclothing.co.uk

LEGO® Education Activity IdeasA great way of making the most of your LEGO® Education resources in the classroom is through inspirational activities which provide fun, hands-on opportunities for preschool children.

Tap into children’s innate desire to explore, investigate and learn with LEGO® Education activities designed to teach core subjects such as language, literacy, maths and

Introducing InkJoy™ from PaperMate... Helping Teachers make their mark

PaperMate InkJoy™ is a revolutionary ink system that starts quickly without dragging, requires minimal pressure from your hand and delivers crisp, clean lines every time.

PaperMate wanted to develop a revolutionary ink system that would give customers the best in effortless writing, as well as bringing back the joy to writing, so felt it right to call it InkJoy™.

reasoning, as well as critical skills including problem-solving, communication and collaboration.

As they are having so much fun, the children may not even notice that they are learning, but the teachers certainly do!

There are activities to use with a wide range of LEGO Education resources, from animal and people sets to brick sets and community sets.

You can download LEGO® Education activities for free from www.legoeducation.co.uk/preschoolactivities ,with resources available to purchase from the ESPO catalogue.

Inkjoy 100 Cap features:

• Available in purple for marking and writing*

• Revolutionary InkJoy™ writing system, giving you the best in effortless writing

• Triangular shape for comfort and control

• Transparent colour-tinted body for a refreshing look

• Barrel colour represents ink colour

• Medium tip 1.0mm

*The purple pen is fast becoming pen of choice that teachers are using to mark work, and you can order yours today from ESPO with code 193798.

ESPO Contract 449 - Street Food ConceptsIntroducing an exciting new concept to school dinners, the ESPO Food team are bringing you ‘The worlds wicked flavours ready to grab and go’ offered in our Street Food Concepts - quality, healthy and nutritious food from Raving Wraps to Pasta Pots.

This Framework will replace the previous 449 Pasta and Wrap Based Meal Solutions, which covers a range of products including Pasta Pots, Filled Pitta Breads, Filled Wraps, Rice Pots etc...

The procurement process will commence in the next few weeks and should be ready for customers to access by January 2014.

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NEWS IN BRIEF

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Thank You and Well Done! ESPO achieved all of our Organisation-wide goals for 2012/13 including handling record order lines recently during the July peak period. As well as thanking all of our staff we would like to thank our Customers and Suppliers for making this possible.

BENCHMARKING

HELIX COMPETITION WINNER ANNOUNCEDMany Congratulations to David Baldwin of Docking Primary School and Nursery in Kings Lynn who won the Helix competition and receives a new Apple 16gb iPad Mini. Well done David – we hope you enjoy your prize.

Well done to the 3 runners up:-

• Mary Farr of Eastgate Community Primary, also in Kings Lynn

• Mrs J Mascarenhas of John Harvey Newman Catholic College in Chelmsley Wood

• Claire Francis from Normanton on Soar Primary School near Loughborough, Leics

who each won a Helix ‘Stationery Essentials’ goody bag.

Dates for the Diary...Please note that ESPO will be attending the following events throughout the rest of 2013:-

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Did you know that ESPO have procedures in place to randomly test the prices of our products against other leading educational suppliers from both the public and private sectors? This is to ensure that we continually deliver our promise to provide our customers with great value.

Throughout July and August we randomly checked 20 customer orders and found that 18 (90%) were cheaper when compared with alternative suppliers, including the likes of Notts. County Supplies, YPO, West Mercia Supplies, The Consortium and Kent County Supplies.