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The Link Magazine • May 2004 13
School wins industry standard computing status
West Swindon's Greendown Community school in Grange Park has been formally recognised as a Microsoft IT Academy, one of the few
schools in the UK to achieve the much sought-after award
The January Link first revealed cences to use state of the art soft- older students and staff and to MCP and MCSE qualifications are
that Greendown was in line for the ware to benefit pupils as well as teachers in other schools." some of the most widely recog-
prestigious accreditation which local business. "As a community Driving the initiative is the nisedITcertificationsavailableand
provides a range of advantages for school we already offer many of school's ICT systems manager Tom they give potential employers con-
the school. To compliment the our facilities to the local popula- Dwyer, who obtained the fidence in the type of person they
building programme last year tion, but as a Microsoft IT Acad- Microsoft Certified Professional are going to employ."
which will increase the school roll emy we will be able to build part- (MCP) qualification two years ago "Greendown is now at the lead-
by 285 pupils a year, £380,000 has nerships with companies in the and is currently working towards ing edge of high quality training,
been invested on upgrading IT fa- area, to provide IT training at the the prestigious Microsoft Certified education and resources for our
cilities with a new computer net- industry standard. The additional Systems Engineer (MCSE) qualifi- pupils,peoplelivingin WestSwin-
work of 200 desktop PCs in ten IT income generated from the train- cation. He said, "the Microsoft don and Swindon companies."
suites, as well as200laptops linked ing courses will be put back into training is quite tough. Each quali- To find out about Microsoft IT
to a wireless network. the school and will help us to pro- fication requires passing exams at Academy programme, call Tom
Headteacher Steve O'Sullivan vide an even better education for an authorised centre, with a pass Dwyer on 874224 or mail
said that the accreditation would our pupils. We will also be able to mark of about 80 per cent. The msacademy@@greendownswindonsch.uk
give the school access to a wide offer these qualifications to our
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