Safeguarding online
Guidance for schools in England expects filtering and monitoring to be in place and reviewed regularly, without blocking legitimate learning.
Education
IT support for schools, colleges and training providers
Lessons run on shared devices, student Wi-Fi and cloud platforms. We keep them dependable and safe, with support that fits the school day and the term calendar.
- 24/7 support
- ISO 27001 accredited
- Cyber Essentials Plus
The day-to-day
What makes education IT different
A school network serves children, staff and visitors at once, under rules that most offices never face.
Staff, students and guests
Different people need different access. A supply teacher on Monday should not see what a head of department sees.
A full building connecting at once
Everyone joins the network when a lesson starts. Coverage and capacity have to be designed in, not hoped for.
Fixed points in the calendar
Exams, enrolment and reporting leave no room for an outage. Maintenance belongs in the holidays, and busy weeks need extra attention.
What we do
How Foxcomm helps
We can run IT for the whole organisation, or work alongside an in-house team.
Managed IT support
A helpdesk for staff, proactive monitoring and patching, and planned maintenance scheduled around term dates.
Learn moreMicrosoft 365
Teams, SharePoint and email for staff and students, with sharing and access set up so the right people see the right things.
Learn moreCyber security
Email protection, multi-factor authentication and backups that reflect the risks schools face, including phishing and ransomware.
Learn moreWi-Fi networks
Wi-Fi designed for dense classrooms, with separate networks for staff, students and visitors.
Learn moreVirtual desktops
Secure desktops for staff and for specialist software, available in school or from home.
Learn moreCisco Webex
Dependable video meetings for remote teaching, parents' evenings and governors' meetings.
Learn moreThe big picture
Safe by design, simple to run
Staff, students and visitors each get the access they need, on networks that are kept apart and watched from one place.
- Classrooms
- Student Wi-Fi
- Staff access
- Filtering
- Cloud learning
- Admin office
Standards
Standards we work to
We help schools plan and run the security and filtering controls that Department for Education guidance expects, and we work with your data protection lead on the rest.
UK GDPRDfE digital standardsCyber Essentials PlusISO 27001
In practice
See how we work
Questions
Common questions
Do you work with schools and colleges?
Yes, education is one of the sectors we support. We shape the plan around the size of the organisation and how it runs its term.
Can you work around term dates?
Major changes can be scheduled for half terms and holidays, so lessons are not disrupted. Urgent faults are still handled straight away, with 24/7 support available.
How do you keep student data protected?
With access controls, multi-factor authentication, email security, backed-up data and clear separation between staff, student and guest networks. Foxcomm is ISO 27001 accredited ourselves, and we work with your data protection lead on the detail.