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IT & Microsoft cloud for education
Safeguarding, device fleets, Microsoft 365 and budget-conscious IT for schools and colleges.
Education
Schools, colleges and trusts carry enterprise-scale device fleets and serious safeguarding and data-protection duties, on budgets that would make an enterprise IT director wince, and with a support window that all but disappears during term time.
Education providers manage large numbers of staff and student devices and hold personal data about children, which brings safeguarding responsibilities under Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) and data-protection duties under UK GDPR. The DfE's cyber security standards for schools and colleges now set clear expectations, MFA, protection from malware, understanding your data and taking regular backups among them, and Ofsted increasingly probes how well the digital estate supports safe teaching. Much of this rests on Microsoft 365, which schools rely on for teaching, assignments and collaboration. But two constraints shape everything: budgets are tight and publicly scrutinised, so enterprise price tags are out; and term-time is unforgiving, major changes and migrations realistically have to happen in the holidays, and during term the priority is that things simply work in the classroom. The job is real control and security at scale, delivered around the school calendar and within a budget that has to stretch.
What we do for education
Questions we hear a lot
Can you manage large numbers of student and staff devices?
Yes. Microsoft Intune lets us enrol, configure, secure and patch large device fleets efficiently, applying the right policies to staff and student devices without touching each one by hand. Student devices can be locked down appropriately while staff get the flexibility they need, all from one place and all kept up to date automatically.
Can you help us meet the DfE cyber security standards for schools?
Yes. The DfE standards, things like multi-factor authentication, protection from malware, keeping software patched, controlling accounts and access, and taking regular tested backups, map directly onto what we do. We put those controls in place, help you understand where you stand against each standard, and pair it with Cyber Essentials as independent evidence of the basics.
How do you help education providers on tight budgets?
By right-sizing Microsoft 365 licences, making the most of the education-specific pricing and donated or discounted licensing schools are eligible for, optimising Azure spend and delivering managed IT at a predictable cost. The aim is straightforward: fewer surprises and more of the budget going into the classroom rather than into idle licences.
Do you work around term time?
Yes, and it shapes how we plan everything. Disruptive work, migrations, rollouts and big changes, is scheduled into holidays wherever possible, and during term the priority is keeping classrooms running with a responsive service desk. We plan the year around your calendar rather than ours.
How do you support our safeguarding responsibilities?
Safeguarding is led by the school, but a lot of it rests on the technical estate. We provide the secure, well-governed systems and access controls behind it, identity security, device compliance and monitoring, and work with your chosen filtering and monitoring so the digital environment supports your KCSIE duties rather than working against them.
Ready to talk about your education IT?
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