ICT Technologies for Schools

ICT Buying Power means the best equipment at a better price

Our wide-ranging knowledge allows us to help you to make the right decision about the right technologies to be implementing, procuring them at the best possible price and delivering on time. As a large provider to the education sector, with strong vendor relationships, our buying power ensures Dataspire is able to supply equipment into schools at very attractive prices and can also help to implement the technology onsite including configuration where required.

Audio Visual Solutions

Sector leading audio visual solutions for education are designed to encourage student engagement, participation and collaboration. Dataspire delivers and installs the latest audio visual solutions for the teacher wall including speakers and interactive boards from manufacturers such as Promethean and SMART. If your school requires interactive projectors, Dataspire can recommend the sound system to go with them. We also install large space AV solutions used for school halls and dining rooms, plus digital signage and video walls.

CCTV

We all have an obligation to ensure children are safe, however, we visit many schools with older CCTV installations that have either failed, have blind spots or have delivered blurred images in the event of an incident. Schools have a responsibility to ensure they are managing behaviour and capturing incidents. We will work with you to design and install a network of vandal resistant HD cameras, identify where they should be sited and any lighting requirements, where the content is delivered back to and stored, and enable you to view footage from several cameras simultaneously. Dataspire can also conduct any training required.

Hardware and Software Supply

Dataspire provides impartial advice and can supply any ICT hardware and software required by your school or trust. Our ability to buy in bulk and at better prices through good vendor relationships means we can help your school to procure fit for purpose products at a great price, either brand new or refurbished if budgets are tight. Dataspire can manage all software supply, licensing and renewals on your behalf. We can also assist with safe hardware disposal and data removal in line with WEEE standards, and the repurposing of older equipment to third world countries should you have arrangements in place.

Managed Print

Managed print removes the hassle and wastage of having multiple printers onsite with varying print capabilities and differing consumable requirements. Our recommended managed print partners can confirm exactly what your current print network arrangement is costing your school and demonstrate what you might save by opting for a managed print service. In our experience, the savings for schools are considerable in terms of wasted output and consumables. With a managed print service, you will see the overall number of printers in the school reduced in number and placed in strategic areas around the schools. Printing is charged on a pay-per-click basis with FollowMe Printing allowing users to print to a print queue and retrieve their print job from any enabled output device. This ensures printing is confidential to the user and reduces printed waste from documents left uncollected. If something goes wrong, the managed print provider will come and fix it. They will also constantly monitor the toner levels remotely and send out the toner automatically when required, so you only buy what you use and will never run out.