Gleeson College has been a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) school since 2015. Students are required to bring a device to school at all year levels. The integration of digital technology continues to have a transformative effect on learning in the classroom and outside. 

Bringing Your Own Device has allowed students to: start work more quickly, save work and continue working at home without difficulty, use a faster device, carry a lightweight device and personally configure their device as required.

Ensuring your child has an adequate device is very important and requires consideration of many factors: price, battery life, processing speed (processor plus RAM), and software requirements.

Laptop computers (also called Notebooks or MacBooks) are preferred as they support all the software that may be required at all levels, in a form that promotes ease of use and portability.

Please note: When selecting a device, Gleeson College does not recommend or support Chromebooks, Android Tablets or Apple iPads. These devices are limited in functionality and will cause difficulty in completing set curriculum tasks.

Families purchase a device for their child/ren to bring to school each day. The device must meet the minimum recommended specifications for successfully accessing the curriculum while at Gleeson College. 

We recommend taking the outlined specifications to your local computer hardware store and they should be able to recommend a good device. 

Alternatively, Gleeson College has partnered with LWT to offer families an option to purchase a BYOD through our Purchase Portal. All devices meet Gleeson College BYOD specifications. Finance options available, education discounts and 3 Year on-site warranty.

Students may rent a device from the College and return it at the end of the academic year.

A limited number of rental laptops are available each year, and are issued on a first-come, first-served basis.

A refundable bond and rental fee are payable prior to distribution of the device to the student at the commencement of the academic year.

Parents entering into this arrangement must sign a rental agreement.