23 January 2013 - Advanced Learning (formerly Serco Learning), an Advanced Business Solutions company, announces the signing of a reseller agreement with Room Booking System Ltd. to provide integrated room and resource booking functionality to schools. This partnership enhances Advanced Learning’s suite of innovative solutions designed to meet the needs of 21st Century schools and academies.

Advanced Learning will now be able to provide schools that use its Facility MIS and next generation Progresso systems with an intuitive, easy-to-use online solution for bookings. Using this integrated solution, staff can take full advantage of all available rooms, facilities and resources whilst ensuring schools get maximum usage from their considerable investment in these assets.

Dean Dickinson, Managing Director of Advanced Learning commented: “Room Booking System’s solution provides schools with increased efficiencies as well as an easy and engaging way to manage their available rooms and resources – all from within our Progresso and Facility MIS systems. This partnership further strengthens our proposition by helping schools get the very best from their investment in rooms, laboratories, sports facilities, theatres, technology resources and more.”

Commenting on the agreement, Marcus Fields, Managing Director of Room Booking System said:“Advanced Learning is an ideal partner as its innovative, web-based school management systems perfectly complement our Room Booking System, providing schools with a seamless, integrated solution for all their room and resource booking needs. We’re excited to be part of the new Progresso platform and look forward to all the benefits this partnership will bring.”

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About Advanced Learning www.progressomis.com
Advanced Learning (formerly Serco Learning) provides innovative technology solutions to over 2000 educational institutions throughout the UK and across the world. The company is strongly committed to sustained investment in the education market, continuously developing its product portfolio to meet the changing needs of schools and academies. Advanced Learning is also focused on delivering facilities management solutions to the local government and enterprise sectors.

Advanced Learning forms part of Advanced Business Solutions (Public Sector & Enterprise Division), an Advanced Computer Software Group plc company.

About Room Booking System Ltd www.roombookingsystem.co.uk
Room Booking System Ltd was founded in 2006 and provides intuitive web-based resource management software for schools. It is used by schools worldwide to manage millions of bookings with a focus on providing high quality software that’s both fully featured and easy-to-use.

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