.sch.uk Domain Names are part of the .uk Domain Name System. They are operated by Nominet UK under contract to the various government education authorities.. A domain name is the unique name of a computer on the Internet that distinguishes it from the other systems on the network. ... The Domain Name System or DNS is a system that stores information about hostnames and domain names in a kind of distributed database on networks, such as the Internet. ... Nominet UK is the . ...

They are for the use of primary and secondary education establishments. Higher education establishments use .ac.uk. The . ...

Unlike all other .uk registrations .sch.uk domains are allocated at the fourth level, with the third level being taken up by the name of the local education authority (LEA) e.g. someschool.lea.sch.uk. For example, Tiffin School in Kingston upon Thames has the web address www.tiffin.kingston.sch.uk A Local Education Authority (LEA) is the part of a council in England or Wales that is responsible for education within that councils juristriction. ... Kingston upon Thames, part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is an ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned, and is now a lively suburb of London. ...

Previously applications were made in the normal way, but after Nominet came to an arrangement with the education authorities, one domain per school was issued automatically. This contrasts with the American system, where public schools must register their own domain name at their own expense, and many primary and secondary schools do not use the education domain, .edu. .edu (dot-edu) is the generic top-level domain for educational institutions, primarily those in the United States. ...