Messaging Service

On the 23rd of July our Text Messaging Service changed our Outbound texting number. This change was followed up by a message on our Facebook page, Website and text to all primary contacts and staff.

Projects for 2012/2013

This year we will be expanding on last years total infrastructure and hardware replacement.

15 additional laptops for years 1/2.
30 additional new laptops for years 3/4.

Expand server capacity to house new exchange server.

Move Internet infrastructure hardware to dedicated cabinet freeing up space in our main cabinet.

Expand network infrastructure to pre-school area.

Upgrade our Data Recovery Centre to 12 TB capacity.

Unique IDs

As part of our 2012 plan, we will be rolling out unique IDs to our year 3,4,5 and 6 pupils so that they can log on to utilise our network services as themselves rather than groups. This will allow them to save their work in their own storage areas, access their own school email address, and use our Learning Platform.

The benefits allow the school to more accurately monitor and control what pupils have access to, whilst allowing pupils to actively manage their own work areas.

We also plan on increasing our IT provision by adding more computers for our pupils in years 1 through 4.

The Story so far...

In August 2011 we completely replaced our infrastructure, which involved splitting the site into zones; taking out old cables and switches, running new fibre, expanding our network to our community rooms, replacing all our switches and servers.

We also changed our Internet provider from RM (SEGfL), to BT (10Mb Symmetric Fibre connection 1:1 ratio, scalable to 100 MB within 30 minutes notice and 1 GB if required); this meant purchasing and controlling our own Firewall, web and content filtering.

We also kitted out our site with a large wireless array, allowing pupils and staff to work without wires in any part of the building.

With the dismantlement of our ICT suite, we purchased approximately 100 additional devices in a mixture of Tablets and Laptops and installed every computer with Windows 7 Enterprise and Office 2010, along with an assortment of educational software to keep our pupils engaged.

We also installed five digital signage screens and placed them strategically around the site so that we could display our pupils work and achievements as well as school promotional material for all to see.
Our server room was also expanded to house our new servers and in-house cloud services.