Published:
9:00 AM February 23, 2021
North Devon MP Selaine Saxby, executive headteacher Susan Denham, CEO of Openreach, Clive Selley, and chief engineer, Andy Whale.
- Credit: David Hoare
A village school which has been battling with its internet connection throughout lockdown has been hooked up to superfast broadband.
Teachers at Holywell C of E Primary at Tawstock in North Devon have been unable to stream live lessons or provide other forms of remote learning for their pupils because of their poor internet connections.
But now Openreach has provided the school with superfast broadband. It was officially connected on Friday, February 19.
The chief executive, directors, managers and engineers who worked on the project have also raised over £6,000 out of their own pockets to enable the school to provide 15 laptops for their pupils.