A new UK Government took office on 11 May. As a result the content on this site may not reflect current Government policy.
All statutory guidance and legislation published on this site continues to reflect the current legal position unless indicated otherwise.

Access menu:
Skip to content, access key c
Local navigation, access key l
Schools menu, access key s
Becta menu, access key b

Local authorities

Becta provides advice and guidance to local authorities to support and encourage schools to improve learning with ICT. We do this by providing information and tools for whole school improvement and best value procurement.

City Learning Centres


Overview

105 City Learning Centres (CLCs) were established as part of the government’s Excellence in Cities (EiC) programme from 2000-03. The EiC initiative was designed to support the educational challenges of the major cities. CLCs were set up in urban areas where there was a mixture of social disadvantage and underperformance in schools. The main aim of CLCs was to provide enhanced ICT based learning across the whole curriculum for pupils and teachers, particularly in secondary schools, and to provide access to education to the wider community.

The City Learning Centres’ Liaison Committee (CLCLC) has created a core functions document of a CLC. Download the core functions of a CLC in Word (94KB), PDF (71KB) or OpenDocument text format (64KB).

In most cases CLCs are based at a building attached to a host school and they serve a network of schools in the area. From March 2009, all CLCs are delivering against national and local authority priorities agreed locally. Download the list of national priorities in Word (140KB), PDF (21KB) and OpenDocument text format (117KB).

'City Learning Centres and Building Schools for the Future' - joint Becta, DCSF and Partnership for Schools statement - Issued May 2009.

City Learning Centre map

A map showing distribution of the CLCs together with their contact details can be found here.

National City Learning Centre map

Printer friendly printer friendly version of this page Published: 06 March 2009