Is the cost of online subscription proportionately more for small centres?

The cost from 2008 will depend on the number of students.
The current resources are published by Heinemann, a member of the Pearson group. The 2008 resources will be published by Pearson. The pricing structure for the dedicated website will take account of the needs of centres of different sizes.

The cost may seem a lot at first, but when you see the vast range of well-thought-out resources for teaching, learning, and staff development you will see that the cost is realistic.

There are savings too: photocopying costs reduce, and you may use some of the interactive tutorials rather than practicals like DNA gel electrophoresis which use up expensive consumables.

Ready-done (but modifiable) schemes of work, masses of worksheets and practical ideas mean you do not have to devise everything from scratch.

Also, there is no real need to have any other ICT resource. When compared with the cost of some CD-ROMS covering just a tiny part of an A-level specification e.g. enzyme reactions or genetics, SNAB is good value.