iPad Refresh - September 2025

As you will be aware, your young person has a school iPad to support their learning at St Margaret Mary's Secondary as part of Glasgow City Council’s Digital Learning programme.

Mr Paterson, PT Digital Technologies, will meet with all year groups in August - September to discuss the next steps in receiving their new iPad device.

These new iPads will be deployed from the beginning of September onwards one year group at a time – further details will follow in September.

What does this mean for your young person?

If your young person provides their old school device as required (at the date allocated to their year group) – a new device will automatically be deployed the following week.
If your young person currently does not have a device – either because it has been handed in for repair or they have recently enrolled in the school – a new device will automatically be deployed during the week allocated to their year group.
If your young person does not hand in their original device – and this had not been reported lost previously – a new device will not be handed out. We will instead be looking to arrange a meeting with the family to sign a new contract over acceptable use – part of the agreement of having a school iPad is that young people report any loss immediately so that we can track this.

We would like to find out if any young people have lost their iPad but have not reported this to senior staff. It is vital that we know this information immediately so that we can inform Glasgow City Council of any missing devices as part of the buy-back scheme. If your young person is in this position – they must speak to either a member of SLT or Mr Paterson, PT Digital Technologies as soon as possible.

The full list of expectations can be found on the User Agreement Form below:

Home Agreement Form

If any parent/carer has any enquiries or questions on how digital learning will affect you then please e-mail James Paterson on Gw15patersonjames1@glow.sch.uk or contact the school office.