IT Solutions for Multi-Academy Trusts
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Whether you are looking for a partner to take full responsibility for your trusts IT, or perhaps you require additional support for your existing IT team, Sharp offers bespoke IT Support for Educational organisations to help meet their unique needs. Maintaining your IT infrastructure, providing assistance remotely via our dedicated helpdesk team, carrying out proactive on-site support, ensuring you adhere to a set of government-backed cyber security frameworks (Cyber Essentials), or monitoring your systems - we do all of these and more.
Whether you are interested in Microsoft’s apps and services or Google’s products, we recognise that IT is continuously evolving, and our proactive approach will help you to plan for the future. We will create a bespoke IT Support Education package just for you, which will be tailored to your specific needs. As your dedicated support provider, we are committed to introducing cutting-edge software solutions that will optimise the IT experience for your students, educators, and leadership team. Our expert team stay informed on the latest innovations designed for classrooms & teaching, they will inform you of all the options available and provide consultative advice on which best to utilise.
Benefit from a team of technical and education specialists who take the time to get to know your Multi-Academy Trust inside out, and provide appropriate and valuable advice and recommendations.
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IT Support for Education options
How do I know which IT Support package is right for my trust? Explore our IT Support for Education options below:
Complete IT Support
This service is ideal for trusts that need additional support for their in-house team/s. We cover holidays and sicknesses, as well as being an additional resource you can rely on for IT expertise.
Whether you need someone to step in and take some of the strain or you need high-end technical troubleshooting and resolution, our helpdesk teams and consultants are here for you, so that you can focus on the bigger picture - your trust's strategic goals.
Managed IT Services
If you have an in-house IT team and are wondering if you should be considering outsourcing to a managed IT service provider, or whether you would benefit from an IT team based onsite who are managed by an external IT partner, then Sharp’s Managed Services offering will be beneficial for you.
With 30+ years’ in delivering market-leading IT Support, we know what to look for when it comes to recruiting the top IT talent. We are then able to recruit, train, and manage a dedicated IT manager on your behalf. Your IT manager will have at least three years’ experience and will be located on-site at your school, on hand to support users and manage infrastructure.
Multi-Academy Trusts or larger schools with a more substantial IT landscape may prefer to opt for our in-house team option for a dedicated team of experts, offering the same support as an IT Manager.
Complete IT Manager
This service is for schools or trusts who wish to outsource their IT Support. You will benefit from a dedicated technical consultant who will manage your IT infrastructure and systems, acting as an expert to consult with or fully manage projects, giving you the time to dedicate to your core responsibilities.
At a fraction of the cost of recruiting an additional on-site IT professional, this service includes unlimited helpdesk support, on-site support from a dedicated Technical Consultant, managed monitoring to quickly identify and resolve any issues, cyber security, and more.
Student-centric IT offerings
- Complete Virtual Classroom (CVC): Hosted in the cloud, the CVC covers all of your IT requirements, enabling the staff across your trust to work from any device, from any location at any time.
- Office 365 Education: Students and educators at eligible institutions can sign up for Office 365 Education for free, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and now Microsoft Teams, plus additional classroom tools.
- Google for Education: Make collaboration easier, streamline instruction, and keep your learning environment secure with Google Workspace for Education. Use Google tools available without cost or add enhanced capabilities to suit the needs of your institution.
- Web Filtering: Keeping students safe without compromising their ability to reach a rich and dynamic online experience is a key challenge faced by many educational organisations. Our solutions protect students with real-time filtering without restricting their freedom to explore and learn.
- Classroom Management: Our classroom management software makes it easy to maintain control and keep students focused. Teachers can easily identify students who are off task and remove online distractions with real-time monitoring and restrict browsing functionality using our classroom management software.
- Mobile Device Management: When introducing technology, schools need to ensure that they can monitor, manage and secure pupils’ mobile devices. Our solutions will help keep students on track and allow teachers to focus on teaching.
- Student Wellbeing: Student safety is essential. As students spend more time online for learning, the possibility for online harm increases. Wellbeing software provides a further level of internet safety for schools with powerful, keyword detection tools to capture, record and identify early warning signs of harmful online behaviour.
Why outsource IT Support for Multi-Academy Trusts?
Local IT experts on hand – with Sharp, you’ll have access to and support from our highly skilled consultants, based locally to you.
Additional support – we can be a fully supportive role alongside your existing IT team, providing holiday cover, overflow cover and assisting with technical queries.
Recruit IT staff - our Managed Service can provide you with an in-house IT manager or team. We will recruit, train, develop and manage these staff for you.
Leave your team to focus – outsourcing IT frees up your team’s time so that they can focus on more strategic projects.
Reduced IT costs – you’ll only pay for the amount of IT support that your trust requires, other IT projects can be planned and completed on an ad hoc basis.
Reduced risk - our team of 200+ technical and project personnel are continually trained on all the latest technologies, IT trends and risks so that we can provide you with the most up to date advice and guidance meaning you can reduce your reliance on one person/a small team.
Cyber Security for Multi-Academy Trusts
With the increased cyber threat against schools across the UK, learn more about how our Cyber Security Solutions can keep your students and staff safe.