{"id":17303,"date":"2018-10-29T10:33:05","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T10:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=17303"},"modified":"2018-10-29T10:36:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T10:36:15","slug":"update-on-superfast-broadband-coverage-for-schools-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/10\/update-on-superfast-broadband-coverage-for-schools-in-wales.html","title":{"rendered":"Update on Superfast Broadband Coverage for Schools in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.wales\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Welsh Government<\/a>&#8216;s Cabinet Secretary for Education, Kirsty Williams AM, has issued a useful update on the work of expanding &#8220;<em>superfast broadband<\/em>&#8221; into schools. Overall all but 6 maintained schools (i.e. those run by local authorities) in Wales now have &#8220;<em>access<\/em>&#8221; to such speeds, but quite a few aren&#8217;t benefiting.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In response to a question from Janet Finch-Saunders AM (Welsh Conservative Party), Kirsty noted that work is progressing at five of the six remaining schools, with an estimated completion date of <strong>31st January 2019<\/strong> and this is dependent upon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a>&#8217;s (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) contractors.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile one remaining school, <strong>Ysgol Llanychllwydog<\/strong> (Pembrokeshire), continues to &#8220;<em>present logistical challenges for our suppliers, primarily due to the school&#8217;s location within the boundaries of the Pembrokeshire National Park<\/em>&#8220;. Officials are said to be working with the local authority and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> to investigate options to provide improvements to the school&#8217;s connectivity, and potentially the wider community.<\/p>\n<p>However Kirsty noted that &#8220;<em>for schools to fully benefit from the superfast broadband service, additional in-school activities now need to be completed, such as upgrading the network cabinets in schools or the removal of rate limits from in-school routers<\/em>.&#8221; The table below represents the number of schools, by local authority, who are &#8220;<em>not currently benefitting from superfast speeds<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A programme of work is said to be &#8220;<em>already underway<\/em>&#8220;, in conjunction with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> Public Service Broadband Aggregation (PSBA) team, local authorities and schools to &#8220;<em>ensure the full benefits of superfast connectivity can be realised<\/em>.&#8221; This programme is expected to be delivered by <strong>31st March 2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> According to <a href=\"https:\/\/statswales.gov.wales\/Catalogue\/Education-and-Skills\/Schools-and-Teachers\/Schools-Census\/Pupil-Level-Annual-School-Census\/Schools\/schools-by-localauthorityregion-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a>, Wales is home to 1,521 &#8220;<em>maintained<\/em>&#8221; schools and we count 448 below that are deemed to be &#8220;<em>not currently benefitting from superfast speeds.<\/em>&#8220;<\/div>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bq3\"><strong>Local Authority<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"bq3\"><strong>Number of Schools<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Blaenau Gwent<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Bridgend<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Caerphilly<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Cardiff<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Carmarthenshire<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Ceredigion<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Conwy<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Denbighshire<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Flintshire<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Gwynedd<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Isle of Anglesey<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Neath Port Talbot<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Newport<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Pembrokeshire<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Powys<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Rhondda Cynon Taf<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Swansea<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Wrexham<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A couple of years ago the WG announced that it had committed an additional <strong>\u00a35m<\/strong> to help upgrade the broadband connectivity for around 400 schools (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/11\/wales-boosts-funding-5m-upgrade-broadband-400-schools.html\">here<\/a>). This was on top of an announcement in 2013, which saw the WG launch a new grant scheme (<a href=\"http:\/\/dera.ioe.ac.uk\/19078\/1\/171213-faq-lidw-en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Learning in Digital Wales<\/em><\/a>) that offered <strong>\u00a339m<\/strong> to help ensure that all of the country&#8217;s &#8220;<em>participating<\/em>&#8221; Schools would have access to &#8220;<em>world-class broadband services<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/01\/wales-commits-39m-to-improve-school-broadband-connectivity.html\">here<\/a>). Back then the eventual goal was to get all schools, participating or not, upgraded by 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Welsh Government&#8216;s Cabinet Secretary for Education, Kirsty Williams AM, has issued a useful update on the work of expanding &#8220;superfast broadband&#8221; into schools. 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