How St Aidan’s Catholic Academy Rebuilt Its Network for Faster, More Reliable Learning

Technology underpins much of the school's teaching and learning, but its network was slow and unreliable, with bottlenecks and design faults that made for a poor experience for staff and students.

The school wanted a partner that could fix its immediate problems and support its future ambitions, with a fully managed service desk covering first, second and third-line support.

It really was like working in the dark. We had network bottlenecks and there were clearly faults within the existing network design.

Daniel Naughton, ICT Operational Lead, St Aidan's Academy

We started with an on-site audit, working alongside the school's ICT Operational Lead. It showed an over-complicated network design causing multiple bottlenecks and faults, and storage that was no longer supported by the manufacturer.

We then met the headteacher, leadership team and teaching staff, so everyone had a voice in shaping the project.

The solution was to streamline the network with a complete server refresh, two new storage area networks, and fully rebuilt network switches, reconfigured to be more manageable, more secure and much faster.