Networks for multi-academy trusts

A trust's schools rarely share the same access options, the same contract dates or the same history. Edu24 joins them into one private network, so that shared systems are reached privately and every school is supported the same way.

One private network

Diagram of three schools, each on the access available at its address, joined by one private Edu24 network that reaches the trust's central systems privately and the internet through a single filtered route — Each school uses the access available at its address. All of them form one network.

What a trust needs from its network

A trust needs its schools to reach shared systems privately, while accommodating whatever access is available at each address. It also needs the network to absorb change: schools joining, contracts ending at different times, and installation work that has to fit around the school calendar.

Shared systemsReached privately by every school
Mixed accessDifferent options at each address
GrowthNew schools joining the trust
TimingWork scheduled around the school calendar

How the network is built

Requirement	How we meet it
Private access to shared trust systems	Private routing between schools and central sites on our own core network
Different access options across the trust	A private WAN combining the access types available at each address
High capacity between two key sites	Point-to-point connectivity between them
Consistent safeguarding	Filtering and monitoring applied across the trust
A backup connection	Mobile failover alongside each school's fixed access
Visibility of every circuit	Continuous monitoring of latency and loss with proactive fault management
One telephone system	Hosted telephony across the trust, with each school keeping its numbers

Bringing a school onto the trust network

Survey

We establish the access available at the school's address and when its existing contract ends.

Design

Capacity, private routing and failover are agreed with the trust's IT team or partner.

Install

Installation and migration are scheduled to suit the school calendar, with number moves coordinated where telephony is included.

Operate

The school's circuits are monitored continuously, on the same footing as every other school in the trust.

Designed with the trust's IT team

The connectivity design is agreed with the trust's IT team or partner, alongside the systems they operate. Further schools are then added using the same design principles, so the network grows without being redesigned each time.

Network services →

Agreed withThe trust's IT team or partner
Further schoolsAdded to the same design

Discuss a trust network

Tell us about the schools in the trust, the systems they share and any contracts approaching renewal. We will recommend a network approach.

Work with us →