About The Hertfordshire Grid for Learning
The Hertfordshire Grid for Learning (HGfL) is a private network joining
all of Hertfordshire's maintained schools, Education Support Centres, residential
children's homes, Youth Programme Units and the  Local
Authority.
The HGfL service was established and is supported as part of the UK Government's
National Grid for Learning Strategy. It provides a safe and secure Internet
and email environment to support teaching and learning and school management.
The contract for the supply of the network is currently held by the communications
company NTL and
the centre of the service is physically located at their premises in Luton,
England. The HGfL also comprises some services provided through a contract
with Research Machines (RM).
These currently include email and web hosting services and are being developed
towards offering a Learning
Platform.
The HGfL web site (www.thegrid.org.uk) forms the principal means by
which Hertfordshire Children Schools and Families (CSF) both communicates
with and supports its schools and other educational establishments. The
web site provides access to a suite of centrally purchased on-line services
which support all phases and most areas of the curriculum.
Several on-line resources for which the Hertfordshire County Council holds
the licence or the copyright are available only within
Hertfordshire schools. Throughout the site access to these resources
and links is marked with the  banner.
With these exceptions, all materials on this site are publicly accessible.
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