With over 1000 pupils and staff, Inspire Multi Academy Trust is located in Sunderland, serving local communities with high levels of deprivation, where children and families face social and economic barriers, which pose significant challenge to their life chances.
Background
The trustās five schools are committed to raising aspirations and ensuring pupils achieve progress; working closely with families to give pupils the best start in life.
In 2014, Advantex took over outsourced responsibility for the trustās IT provision from the local council, providing a range of corporate level managed services in the process that have led to improvements across the board and paved the way to enhanced eLearning experiences for all involved.
Solution
Inheriting an array of hardware and assortment of online software platforms, Advantex, drawing on its extensive experience in the education sector, worked closely with trustās senior leadership team to develop a holistic IT solution based on longāterm strategic needs.
Completion of a deepādive audit and a farāreaching reāevaluation of the technology infrastructure to assess if they were fit for purpose heralded the migration to a more corporateāstyle IT service for the trust, providing both students and staff with far greater efficiencies.
New investment in stateāofātheāart enterprise grade broadband connectivity across the schools, cyber security, a network refresh and a technical support package were also completed as part of a farāreaching IT refresh.
Benefits
Network security has been significantly improved across the trust while a more future proof infrastructure provides students with safe and secure access to the best technology available and corporate style eLearning tools and experiences during their time at school.
From a business perspective, Inspire Multi Academy Trustās investment in Advantex has paid dividends in terms of noticeable cost savings, a far more responsive and effective IT service and technology that meets current and future requirements.