FW: LGfL 2.0 - Supporting Schools with Registration

Dear Colleagues,

 

I know you have been receiving a lot of information about the new LGfL and I apologise for it coming out in drips! This new communication from Brian Durrant clarifies the situation regarding possible cost increases in years 4 and 5 of the contract.

 

Dan

 

From: Brian Durrant [mailto:brian.durrant@lgfl.org.uk]
Sent: 17 March 2011 23:01
To: global@lists.lgfl.org.uk
Subject: LGfL 2.0 - Supporting Schools with Registration

 

To LGfL Global List

 

Colleagues

 

Thank you again for all our support with encouraging schools to move forward with registering for LGfL 2.0. 

 

The rate of sign up continues to accelerate with another record breaking day of well over 100 – with Barnet, Bromley, Croydon and Newham all jockeying for pole position – and all at around 60 schools apiece thus far.

 

The picture however is very mixed across the region with many schools, when contacted by LGfL, reporting ‘we don’t know anything about this; no, we don’t have an access code’.

 

Accordingly the LGfL office has today sent a timely reminder, a one page letter, to all schools which have yet to sign up. (not including schools in WAN LAs, or academy groups)

 

This is attached for the information of colleagues.

 

Please continue to support your schools in whatever way you are able in this process. Thank you.

 

There are a couple of necessary refinements to the terms and conditions for LGfL 2.0 which have emerged from recent feedback (concerns expressed by schools), and these will be incorporated retrospectively into the Network Services Agreement for all subscribing schools:

 

Cancellation Terms will be aligned in principle with those which have applied for LGfL services since 2002 i.e. for termination within the initial term there is a requirement to pay 50% of the charges for the remaining unused years of the term.  For termination during Y5 or after the initial term, there is no refund of any pre-paid term but otherwise no penalty.

 

Price adjustments: Any price increase in year 2 or 3, which will only be applied if needed to sustain the services, is capped by RPI; in year 4, following a financial review, any uplift will only be applied which is essential to the maintenance of the services for schools, however any such increase in Y4 will be capped at 10% in real terms; any uplift in Y5 will be capped by RPI.  If all London schools stay, as now, with LGfL, we would expect to reduce charges in the future, but some responsible provision has to be made as this cannot be guaranteed at this stage.  Clearly it was easier to make more reliable financial predictions when the relevant funds were managed by LAs.

 

These two changes both represent improvements in the Ts&Cs from the perspective of subscribing schools, so should assist in removing a potential barrier for any who were concerned to have greater clarity on these points.

 

Regarding the Registration Portal, if any colleagues wishes to review the registration process (at www.lgfl2.lgfl.net ) the access code TRIALA permits review of Part 1, and TRIALB review of Part 2.  However at the end of Step 6 please DO NOT click on SUBMIT – as this will then close off the record and prevent access by others.  Similarly, for Part 2 (TRIALB) do not click SUBMIT at Step 10.

 

Kind regards

Brian

 

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