Our Achievements

South West Grid for Learning, the not for profit, charitable trust company, funded by 15 Local Authorities across the South West of England, was a winner at the BCS and Computing UK IT Industry awards which recognise the innovation and professionalism of those working in IT.

Under the category, Community Project of the Year, South West Grid for Learning took home the award for its 360 degree safe tool for schools. Read more.



South West Grid for Learning, was a winner at the Nominet Internet Awards 2011, which highlights UK companies, charities and individuals which are making a difference on, or through, the Internet. Under the category, Making the Internet safer, South West Grid took home the award for its 360 degree safe tool for schools. Read more 

The South West Grid for Learning was placed runner up in the 2011 International SIF Excellence Awards: Outstanding Large SIF Implementation Category. Merlin was the first large scale SIF project in the UK. Launched in October 2008 Merlin is the foundation for schools Learning Platforms across the South West of England. As a web-based system, it is available to everyone – wherever and whenever they have internet access, not just within the school. Read more



South West Grid for Learning collected this prestigious award in recognition of 360 degree safe on the 7th July 2011. The ISPAs - the UK Internet industry awards - are unique as they
are awarded to people and organisations in the industry by their peers and reflect the broad nature of the service provider sector – www.ispaawards.org.uk. To read the full article from our site click here. 




South West Grid for Learning is extremely proud to have received two awards in the South West Regional Apprentice of the Year Awards 2011 for
outstanding contribution and small employers of the year; read more
(www.apprenticeships.org.uk/)



South West Grid for Learning was thrilled to win the Leadership and Management Solutions award at the 2011 BETT Awards for its highly regarded 360 degree safe self review tool for
E-Safety in schools (www.360safe.org.uk). The BETT Awards recognise outstanding educational products and learning solutions, and with a huge number of entries, are seen as the most prestigious in the sector; read more.



Becta's Internet Service Providers Accreditation programme, asserts that a service provider's customers have access to an internet connection which consistently meets government standards on content filtering and service performance. We are proud to have been a Becta accredited Internet Service Provider, and are currently working towards being one of the first Internet Service Providers to achieve Becta's new, more exacting standard.