Welcome to Becta
Becta is the government agency leading the national drive to ensure the effective and innovative use of technology throughout learning.
Learn more about BectaLatest news and press releases
- Positive impact of colleges celebrated
- 12 November 2008
- Fair access to technology is essential, says Becta report
- 6 November 2008
- Becta launches its new Next Generation Learning website
- 5 November 2008
- Welcome for BESA report
- 5 November 2008
Recent publications
Download or order Becta publications.
Harnessing Technology Review: summary
6 November 2008
This report summarises the findings from this year's Harnessing Technology Review and identifies key issues and challenges emerging from the research.
Harnessing Technology: summary
3 July 2008
A summary of Becta's review and revision of the original e-strategy to ensure that we are meeting the requirements of today's learners.
Keep up to date
- ICT Advice Alert
- A quarterly newsletter direct to your inbox bringing you the latest updates from the Schools website.
- TechNews
- A technology news and analysis service, aimed at anyone in the education sector keen to stay informed about technology developments, trends and issues.
- Content developers bulletin
- An email update which alerts you to key developments, information and events relevant to developers and providers of learning resources.
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How to...
Get best value
Find out how to get the best value for your investment, and how suppliers can work with us to achieve this.
Engage parents
Discover how to raise attainment by involving parents in their child’s education.
Improve your school
Find out how you can use ICT in schools in line with established best practice, and the benefits this brings.
Safeguard learners online
Understand how you can empower learners to keep themselves safe online.
Latest articles
Schools
2008 ICT Excellence Award winners announced Becta offers free workshops on online reporting to secondary schools
Local authorities
Local authorities committed to helping schools meet technology targets New procurement framework for software licensing
Government & partners
Harnessing Technology: schools survey 2008 Harnessing Technology: local authorities survey 2008
Becta communities
"Learning platforms without content are not much more than admin support tools. Is this opinion common among teachers?"
Posted 3 October in Learning platforms community
