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We've gone with refurbs and I've been impressed with the spec we can get for the money. The machines from ICT-direct were spotless and excellent value, I'd give them a call.

Tado here, installed myself (their guides are excellent and their helpline were always quick to respond). I wouldn't use anything else, we just forget about the heating now, house starts to warm up when we are nearby and it turns off when we leave home. Schedules are easy and not restrictive and the wall thermostat lets you control the temp or give it a boost - you can set the system online so that interaction with the wall unit is permanent/timed/until next schedule change. The system can even detect when a door or window is open and turn the heating off for 15 minutes if you want it to. The system takes a week or two to learn about the house and how fast it is to heat up, so initially the temps swing around a bit but now we don't notice it at all. Eventually you look at the graph on the app and it plateaus nicely at the right temps. I'm now looking to fit Tado TRVs to the rooms to make even better use of the system so only the rooms that need it get the radiators turned on. They're £59 each but I reckon I'll have them all in by next winter.

We use Cunninghams and have no issues at all.

Point them at online systems such as Tapestry, this does everything they are wanting to achieve.

On that I've no doubt at all.

Hello all, Our MAT has revealed its plans for GDPR, I'd be interested in your thoughts: One DPO role as defined by the GDPR tagged onto an existing high-up admin post, the person has not had any DPO role before and presumably is taking it on as a necessary evil. Each school to retain their existing DP person in a similar role with similar responsibilities, presumably reporting upwards but with no additional authority and no consideration of the GDPR role definitions, because they aren't DPOs.. My initial thoughts are that this is a weak attempt to circumvent the GDPR requirements, though I can see the attraction for the MAT itself - minimal upheaval. Have any other MATs played their hand on this yet?