We Speak Cloud
Save time, energy, and hassle by moving all of your servers and complex systems out of your school and into the cloud.
Give your staff instant access to all the resources they need. Avoid the capital expense of five year upgrade cycles, the cost of cooling, and the worry if something fails.
Add the flexibility of access, constant monitoring by our technical team, instant scalability, and bank grade security. We can even migrate systems that traditionally needed a local server to function!
We know Cloud migration can be a big change
We have pathways that help you every step of the way, designed by our team of cloud experts who have achieved this countless times before. They’ve even moved our whole business to the cloud, and we’ve been cloud-first for years!
Our pathways help you manage the cost and impact to your school – moving your existing systems to the cloud as a first step or planning a longer transformation strategy that envelops your devices, software and teaching practices, coupled with project and change management, and training resources to help you take the next step.
So if you want to just move your current solution, or planning your steps to full digital transformation, we can help you get there.
Why Cloud?
Here’s some real world examples we’ve seen with our current customers:
Enhance Learning Outcomes
Your students can access anywhere/anytime learning, on any device, with live translation and accessibility tools to increase inclusion
Budget Efficiently
Reduce costs for power and cooling, remove onsite backups and maintenance, and consolidate your servers to save on platform and licencing costs.
Stay Secure
Enhanced, industry leading security on every device, lower your Cyber Security Risk, add GDPR compliance, and remove old, risky software.
Embrace the Future
Add AI to lessons, use newer software, create experiences for your learners, and create an environment that your staff will love to teach in.
Choose your path
Fast Track
Your systems, our proven programme of works. Our project team will move your users, data, and devices to the cloud on a track that’s worked for countless schools.
Understand your journey with a clear roadmap that shows you what’s needed before we start, and the milestones we’ll achieve along the way.
Quickly benefit from all the cloud has to offer and reduce your risks and costs by using your existing software.
Understand your journey with a clear roadmap that shows you what’s needed before we start, and the milestones we’ll achieve along the way.
Quickly benefit from all the cloud has to offer and reduce your risks and costs by using your existing software.
Digital Transformation
Don’t just move – transform. We’ll work alongside your staff to carry out in-depth discovery of how you work, provide workshops and training and cloud systems, and develop a long term transformation strategy that will serve you for years to come.
The benefits are endless, and we can put you in touch with schools who have transformed the way they teach, the engagement with their students, and the daily life of technology in their school.
The benefits are endless, and we can put you in touch with schools who have transformed the way they teach, the engagement with their students, and the daily life of technology in their school.
SIMS Cloud: SIMS and FMS, but without the servers.
Just under 50% of schools use SIMS for management of their data – Assessment, Behaviour, Attendance, Contacts, and Timetabling.
Until now, that needed a server onsite, with the associated management and upgrades to keep you functioning. SIMS connected can move your server offsite, but they store your data on their systems. We do hosting differently.
Our SIMS Cloud option gives you complete control of your data, in an Azure Virtual Desktop system that’s yours, and no need for extra usernames and passwords – it just works, everywhere.
Reliable
Built on Microsofts’ Azure platform for industry leading reliability, security, and redundancy
Simple to Access
Access your SIMS from any device, anywhere (provided you have internet access!)
Compliant Backups
Ensure compliance with DFE, RPA, and NCSC standards for backing up your data, and easily comply with GDPR and SAR requests.
Single Sign On
No separate username and password – use your School Microsoft account to connect
Works with all integrations
No matter what else in your school is connected to SIMS, we can keep that integration working.