The Sevenoaks School campus is fully networked to allow users across all buildings to share resources, giving staff and students access to a wealth of on-line resources and network facilities. With around 700 PCs and laptops in use from boarding houses to classrooms, pupils nearly always have access to a computer. Wireless Local Area Networks (LANs) installed strategically around the school provide the right speed of access at the right time to the right people.

Most academic departments have computing suites linked to the school’s network where teaching staff use subject-specific software innovatively and excitingly across the curriculum. Data projectors linked to PCs are used by staff in most teaching rooms. A range of additional ICT tools are available to teaching staff including interactive whiteboards, touch-screen tablets, voting devices, digital cameras and recording equipment.

The Computing Department has three computer suites which allow students to be taught lessons in IT, as well as other departments to use the facilities. Here the latest technology for teaching is used, including interactive whiteboards, data projectors and network systems. Students are encouraged to develop skills and knowledge in ICT and computing that they can use across the curriculum. The emphasis in the Computing Department is on open learning by exploration and personal involvement.

Each boarding house has a suite of desktop computers for pupil use; students can also access the wireless network from their laptops.

Sevenoaks School is committed to minimising the consumption of electrical and fossil fuel energy. The IT Service Department contributes to this aim whilst providing ever-better facilities through environmentally aware procurement, ethical disposal, technical solutions and user awareness training.