1. CLEO PROJECT www.cleo.net.uk Schools Remote Access Pilot 7 th Sept 2004

2. Representatives CLEO Deborah Murrell – CLEO Project Manager Cumbria County Council Jeff Haslam – Broadband Manager Lancashire County Council Graham Fielden – Senior ICT Adviser Dave Barratt – NGfL Consultant Chris Byers – Lancs NGfL Corporate IT – Neil Wakeford Westfield Centre Steve Davis Martin Quinn Lancaster University Network Services Ltd (LUNS) Barry Forde – Director Matt Storey Chris Pates Mark Jameson Cumbria Schools Lancashire Schools Solway Community College The Queen Katherine School Queen Elizabeth School Beaconhill Community School William Howard School John Ruskin School Netherhall School Settlebeck High School Whitehaven School Norden High School Ripley St Thomas School Parklands High School Burscough Priory High School Whitworth Community High School Carr Hill High School Alder Grange School Padiham Primary School

3. Format  Overview  Am - Demonstration of 2 proposed solutions to be piloted  Lunch – 12.30 approx  Pm – Break out groups  Requirements  Comments on proposed approach  Issues & Risks  Feedback Summary & Conclusions  Next steps for your school

4. CLEO PROJECT ROLE  To enable a pilot of possible solutions  To coordinate communications between organisations  To evaluate pilot solutions for a trial period  If successful, to consider proposals for future CLEO service to support all schools in region in enabling remote access

5. LEAs Role  First point of contact for technical support  Cumbria – Jeff Haslem  Lancs – Westfield Centre  Liaise with LUNS on schools behalf to resolve issues with pilot

6. LUNS Role  To ensure that the CLEO network can technically support remote access  To provide options for solutions  To evaluate impact on CLEO network and make recommendations for any future CLEO service  To liaise with LEA technical support teams

7. School’s Role  To provide all resources, required at school level, to support pilot project  To ensure that any specific requirements of the pilot project to address risks are adhered to  To evaluate security implications and decide your school’s policy for access  To evaluate the technical success of the pilot in your school  To complete evaluations of the impact on teaching and learning and/or management and administration and report back

8. LUNS Ltd  Demonstration of 2 remote access solutions  Overview of Remote Access – Mark Jameson  Windows VPN – Matt Storey  Cisco’s VPN Concentrator – Chris Pates

9. Break Out Sessions Nominate scribe & spokesperson 1 hr 2 themes: 1.Technical or 2.Management, use and policy Each group to discuss from their perspective  Reasons for remote access – who/why  Schools suggestions & feedback  Advantages/disadvantages of 2 solutions (technical)  Issues  Risks – rank low/medium/high, probability – low/medium/high

10. Next Steps  CLEO schools remote access project group to produce a summary paper  Discuss with Headteacher the implications of enabling remote access – benefits, risks and resources.  Decide which pilot solution group you would prefer to join - return authorisation form  Project commences rollout of pilots  Attend next solution group meeting (Oct 2004) & final pilot evaluation meeting (Dec 2004)  Install system for trial period – 2 months  Complete evaluation documents  Decide whether to continue as operational system

11. Proposed Schedule  Tues 7 th Sept 2004 – pilot overview  Wed 15 th Sept – deadline for return of forms  Wed 15 th Sept – CLEO schools remote access project group meet to plan pilot rollout  Schools contacted end Sept /early Oct with rollout details  Mon 4 th Oct – target date for pilot to commence  Wed 13 th Oct – Interim meeting with Pilot schools  Wed 15 th Dec –Evaluation meeting with Pilot schools  End of Autumn term – Pilot Phase ends  Jan 2005 - CLEO schools remote access project group makes recommendations to CLEO Project Executive

12. Remote Access Pilot Thank you for your contribution CLEO Project Office: 01524-592800