Back To School Sales UK 2021: Apple, Microsoft, Adobe & More

Avita might not be the most well-known laptop brand but we’ve been impressed with the ones we’ve tested. The Liber V has an AMD Ryzen 3 processor and 256GB for not much money at all.

The latest version of the excellent MateBook D 15 has a decent saving of £300 with an AMD Ryzen 5 and 512GB SSD.

That’s amazing for the price and Huawei offers discounts on a selection of other products.

The MateBook 14s sits atop our best laptop chart having gained a 9/10 score in our review.

This £400 discount is incredible and Amazon has the same price.

This is an excellent deal on the Surface Laptop Go, a great laptop for students.

Save a decent £100 on this model, which comes with an i5 processor and 64GB of storage.

A huge £450 off an excellent MateBook 14 on the official store is a great deal. You get a Core i5, 8GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD.

Huawei also offers a selection of other products at discounted prices.

There’s a whopping £350 off the excellent ZenBook 13 which has an OLED screen, Core i5, 512GB SSD and 32GB of additional Intel Optane memory.

The Galaxy Book Pro is now under £550 in this deal from Currys.

The laptop has an Intel Core i5, 256GB SDD and a whopping 20-hour battery life.

If you want top-notch specs for an almost budget price then this Swift 3 is a great option. It comes with an AMD Ryzen 5 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD.

The MacBook Air with M1 chip is now the older model and has a new lower RRP of £999 but you can still get it cheaper than that thanks to AO.

It’s not the biggest discount we’ve seen but they are rarer for Apple hardware.

This powerful gaming laptop has a 120Hz screen, Intel Core i5 processor and Nvidia RTX 3060 graphics card.

The eCoupon ‘BACK2SCHOOL’ should automatically be applied and you also get one year of Premium Care services for £1.

Surface Pro 8 discounts aren’t as big as they were around Prime Day, but there are still some decent deals available. £200 off this mid-spec model is joined by £78 off the cheapest configuration at Amazon.

The still-new Galaxy Tab S8 already has a big saving of over $125, making it a great chance to get Samsung’s flagship tablet.

Nab a not-insignificant reduction on the top 1TB storage version of the iPad Pro 12.9in from 2020. This isn’t a Prime-only deal, so all Amazon customers can buy it, we just don’t know how long it’ll be available at this price.

The budget Galaxy Tab A8 is even cheaper. It boasts a great display, impressive speakers and great battery life, none of which are guaranteed at this price.

This excellent deal drops the top-spec Surface Go 3 to its lowest price yet. It’s the model we’d recommend to most people, but there are savings across the range.

There’s a solid £81 off the 64GB Tab S7 FE with LTE connectivity, getting you a great tablet for on the go. You can also find similar savings on other models.

If you don’t mind slightly older hardware, the Surface Go 2 remains a great portable PC. The top-spec Wi-Fi version is currently available with a useful £120 discount, or you can save £144 on an LTE model.

This 4G model of the Tab S7 is a powerhouse, delivering flagship performance via a stunning display. It’s available with a useful discount right now, too.

Lenovo’s Tab P11 Pro is a promising multimedia slate with a premium design and a stunning display. This model comes complete with both the Keyboard Pack and Precision Pen to expand its capabilities. Check out our Tab P11 Pro review to see how we found the whole kit and to decide whether this discounted Amazon price is right for you.

This 64GB model of the latest regular iPad is available with a modest discount at Amazon, but that’s actually the lowest price it’s ever been.

The Surface Duo 2 has had a big price drop, but it’s not in stock everywhere. Microsoft has £500 off the 128GB model or £555 off if you want 512GB of storage.

This is a huge 22% saving on the top-spec model, although £87.84 off the cheapest configuration is also worth considering,

If you’ve got your eye on the 15in Surface Laptop 4, this Ryzen 7 model with a 512GB SSD is a great option. You’ll also find £80 off the cheapest 13.5in configuration.

Surface Pro 8 discounts aren’t as big as they were around Prime Day, but there are still some decent deals available. £200 off this mid-spec model is joined by £78 off the cheapest configuration at Amazon.

The Surface Laptop Go’s successor has arrived, but it remains a capable device that will serve you well for many years. This 12% saving on the mid-spec model is worth considering.

If you don’t mind slightly older hardware, the Surface Go 2 remains a great portable PC. The top-spec Wi-Fi version is currently available with a useful £120 discount, or you can save £144 on an LTE model.

Ivacy’s deal is one of the best around, knocking a whopping 88% off the usual monthly price.

It’s a five-year subscription that works out at $1.19 per month, or 96p if you’re in the UK. The up-front payment of $71.64 / £57.59 is a real bargain, as that’s what most VPN services charge for two years, or even one year.

Ivacy offers a great service which supports P2P downloads, unblocks streaming services (including Netflix and Disney+) and, like any VPN service, gives you security when using public Wi-Fi and privacy when browsing the web.

You can use it on up to 10 devices at the same time, but even if you use it only on one or two, it’s still one the cheapest VPN deals around. Plus, as a bonus, you also get a password manager included for the first year!

CyberGhost is a great VPN service and its current offer is for a 39-month subscription. It’s touted as a three-year deal with three months free, but click through and you’ll see you’re actually charged for all 39 months at the monthly price quoted.

It’s a practice we want all VPNs to ditch, but since the renewal price remains the same and doesn’t get hiked up (as it does with NordVPN and Surfshark), it’s still a good deal.

CyberGhost is great for unblocking streaming services, so if that’s what you want a VPN for, it should be a tempting deal.

You’ll find CyberGhost in our round-up of the best VPNs.

Surfshark is currently offering 82% off its two-year subscription, plus two months free.

The monthly price on Surfshark’s website is lower than what you’ll actually pay because, like others here, it counts the free months as paid, and displays the price excluding (which is 20% in the UK).

Making up for this is the fact that Surfshark now bundles full-blown antivirus software for free. And it has been tested and certified by Virus Bulletin.

This isn’t the absolute lowest price we’ve ever seen from Surfshark, but it’s still a great price for two years’ access to a top VPN service, which is also one of the few which doesn’t put a limit on the number of devices you can use with it at the same time. In fact, it’s almost half the price NordVPN is currently charging.

Read our Surfshark review

PureVPN’s latest deal is for a two-year subscription that will cost you $53.95 (around £44) and you get three free months on the end.

By our calculations, that’s not 82% off or $1.99 per month as claimed. It’s actually $2.25 per month, and 79% off.

It’s because PureVPN is counting the ‘free’ months as paid in order to make the price look cheaper. But it’s a good deal, made even better by the fact you can currently use the coupon code Pure20 to get an extra 10% off the discounted price.

As with all the deals here (and with all VPN subscriptions longer than a month), you pay for the full subscription up front – not per month.

TIP: if you’re using a desktop web browser and move your cursor off the page you should see a “secret” 5-year deal appear which works out at just $1.49 per month (£1.11), but of course the total price is higher ($89.95) as it’s for 60 months rather than 24. You cannot use a coupon code with this offer.

Atlas VPN is a relatively new services, but it offers 32 locations including Japan, with Netflix support. 

It doesn’t tick as many boxes as NordVPN or Surfshark, but if you’re just looking for the lowest monthly price, then this deal should be tempting, especially as Atlas VPN doesn’t put any restrictions on the number of devices you can use with the service at the same time.

Private Internet Access is offering 81% off its two-year subscription.

The monthly price shown on PIA’s site counts the extra months not as free but as paid months. It’s a cheeky way of making it look a bit cheaper than it really is. 

But it’s a good deal overall for this trusted service: it’s one of few VPN services that have made the source code for its apps public so it can be scrutinised.

Read our full PIA review for more details.

This deal gives you 52% off the renewal price (as opposed to the monthly price, which is why NordVPN’s discount appears lower than its rivals), and applies when you sign up for the two-year plan.

The UK prices shown here include VAT, which is why they look more expensive than the prices you’ll see when you click through to Nord’s website (it’s £3.47 per month, not £2.89). It’s still 52% off, but Nord presents all its prices without tax.

NordVPN is by no means the cheapest VPN service – even with this deal – but if you want the best all-round VPN – it’s top of our round-up of the best VPN services – then this is deal to go for.

Unlike most VPN deals which are subscriptions for a set number of years, FastestVPN’s is for a lifetime subscription. We asked the company exactly what that meant and were told “we will never terminate their accounts”.

And for just $20 – around £15 – that’s unbeatable. 

Plus, you’ll get a year’s cloud storage thrown in – 2TB with Internxt – and a password manager. 

FastestVPN isn’t the best VPN service around, and it’s not the fastest either. It has far fewer locations and servers than most. When we tested it, speeds were good over IKEv2, but terrible over OpenVPN, which is what you need to use to unblock services such Netflix and Disney+ in the US.

Hidden24 is a VPN service with a difference: it doesn’t require an app. It will suit anyone wanting a VPN for absolute privacy as it logs precisely nothing.

Your device will need to support a VPN connection natively, but Windows, Android, iOS and macOS all do.

Hidden24 is also a great option if you don’t want to sign up for a long time: it’s around half the cost of its rivals if you just need a VPN for a month.

Hide.me is celebrating its 10-year anniversary and offering a two-year deal as part of it.

As with so many of these deals, the ‘free’ extra months are factored into the monthly price shown, meaning they’re not free at all. Or the real monthly price is actually higher ($3.33 / £3.33).

Regardless, you’ll pay for the entire 26 months upfront and it’s a good deal compared to the prices Hide.me usually charges for a single month. Plus, the subscription renews at the deal price, which is a bonus.

It isn’t the best deal we’ve ever seen from hide.me, however.

An affordable printer for your home office, the OfficeJet 6950 is an all-rounder with print, copy, fax and scanning functions.

• Inkjet
• Multi-function
• Wi-Fi with AirPrint

This Mini 3 from Kodak has over £35 off and comes bundled with 68 photos. It’s Bluetooth and compatible with iPhone and Android.

• Portable
• Bluetooth
• 3x3in instant photos

It’s not a huge discount but any money off a decent printer at an affordable price is worth a look. You’ll need to check stores for collection, though.

• Multi-function
• Inkjet
• Wi-Fi

The XP-8600 features in our Best Printers chart, ranking highly. It may not be the cheapest but you’re getting bang for your buck, and this is the lowest price you’ll find right now.

• Multi-function
• Colour inkjet
• Colour touchscreen
• Wi-Fi

Laptops Direct currently has £10 off this black and white inkjet printer. It’s eligible for free delivery in most of the UK.

• Multi-function
• Mono inkjet
• 32ppm (pages per minute)
• 100,000-page warranty

There’s a chunk off this pocket-size smartphone printer from Canon. There’s also an optional bundle which comes with an ink and paper set.

• Mobile instant printer
• Wi-Fi
• Compatible with iOS & Android

As the name suggests, this MegaTank model from Canon is designed for those who need to do lots of printing. It can yield up to 18,000 pages from 3 black ink bottles or 7,700 pages from a colour set.

• Inkjet
• Wi-Fi
• Includes full set of ink

While it’s aimed at printing photos, the 7830 is an all-in-one printer that can also handle copy, scan and fax in a compact size.

• Inkjet
• Wi-Fi
• 4-months of Instant Ink