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Building a Fire Evacuation App

Building a Fire Evacuation App

28/02/2025

During a fire evacuation, every second counts. Schools face the daunting task of ensuring everyone—staff, visitors, and students—is safely accounted for during an emergency roll call. Relying on paper lists and outdated approaches often slows the process and opens the door to mistakes.

Building an Admin Dashboard app

Building an Admin Dashboard app

27/02/2025

For schools, especially multi-academy trusts, keeping tabs on staff and visitors in real-time is vital—not just for security, but for keeping day-to-day operations running smoothly. The old Admin Console, though, was past its prime: a clunky interface and a poor user experience turned routine tasks into a nightmare for reception staff.

Building a Sign-in app

Building a Sign-in app

26/02/2025

Getting staff and visitors onto school premises quickly, securely, and without a fuss is no small task. The old Sign-in App schools relied on was showing its age—clunky, slow, and poorly suited to today’s security and compliance demands.

Building a Visitor Management System

Building a Visitor Management System

25/02/2025

Efficiently managing staff, visitors, and emergency evacuations is a top priority for schools and Multi-Academy Trusts. The old third-party Visitor Management System, though, had problems—expensive fees, slow support, and little room to adapt.

Building a Helpdesk for a Multi-Academy Trust

Building a Helpdesk for a Multi-Academy Trust

24/02/2025

Let’s face it: IT support in schools can be a mess. For a Multi-Academy Trust juggling multiple locations and a growing crew of staff, that mess gets exponential. The old helpdesk system we were stuck with was a relic—clunky, impossible to keep up, and about as flexible as a brick. Tickets got lost in the void, response times dragged, and there was no way to tell what was fixed or who was drowning in requests.