Multi academy trusts can offer some really exciting opportunities for IT collaboration and cost reduction to their member schools. Having worked in a multi-academy trust since 2013, we know the different ways you can adapt your schools infrastructure without spending a small fortune. We have witnessed first hand systems that work, and ones that don’t and can help guide your academy to success.

Whilst each school identity is unique and the multi-academy approach varies, we have found that standardizing certain elements of the IT provision across the trust can help in a number of areas, namely:

• Easier collaboration and sharing of resources between staff and students, not only within a school but across the trust.
• Reduced licensing and procurement costs.
• Improved quality of service due to standardization of equipment, and increased ease of use for staff.
• Quickly improve schools in need of assistance by deploying tried and tested trust-level systems

Whether you are a newly formed academy, or an existing one looking for a new approach, we can help design a system that easily grows and adapts, allowing you to add new schools into the system on the fly. Contact with us today to find out more!

The Little IT Company provides a scheduled onsite support service for education based organisations that require a regular presence if they do not have the skillset within the organisation. We can offer support contracts from as little as half-day per fortnight, to a full time on-site presence. Outsourcing your school’s IT provision has a number of benefits, including

• Reduced staffing costs.
• Access to knowledge of the wider support team.
• Coverage for staff illness / holiday periods.
• Flexibility to access additional support in busy periods.
• Better value for money as project work will be discounted.

We also work with existing IT manager’s and teams to add extra resource during busy periods, or to assist with consultancy and project work. To find out more, please contact us for a free consultation. 

The Little IT Company provides a scheduled onsite support service for organisations that require a regular presence, or if they do not have the skillset within the organisation. We can offer support contracts from as little as half-day per fortnight, to a full time on-site presence. Please contact us to discuss your needs.