Information Technology

George Heriot's School has invested heavily in Information Technology over the past few years.  ICT is used extensively throughout the Nursery, Junior School and Senior School.  All classrooms in the School are well equipped with personal computers, interactive smartboards, projection and sound facilities. ICT equipment is heavily utilized in all areas of the curriculum to enhance learning and teaching.  Wireless keyboards, mice, interactive tablets and visualisers are also used throughout the school for educational and presentation purposes. 


The school provides computing labs for the following departments:

Computing                                            3 suites
Business Education                             3 suites
Design and Technical Education  1 suite
Art                                                        1 suite
Whole School ICT resource                   2 suites
Junior School Library                             wireless laptops
Senior School Library                         1 suite
For general classroom use 2 pods of 10 wireless laptops

The network consists of a Windows 2003 Server platform with 25 Servers hosting the network, applications and printing.  Windows XP is running on 500 desktop, personal computers and 100 laptops in the school.