Why staff training is vital for combatting cyber security attacks on schools

So we find ourselves near the beginning of another academic year; the summer holiday went quicker than the last and the school uniform aisle at Tesco looks like a jumble sale. Yes, the school term is almost upon us once again. For schools and MATs, it's the time of year where long checklists are being ticked off to ensure you’re fully prepared for a...

Posted by Richard Sambrook Smith - 23 August 2023

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ICT strategy for schools: 5 essential tips you may have forgotten

For UK schools and MATs, technology has become an integral part of life, allowing them to track attendance, monitor performance, communicate between departments and deliver curriculums in the most effective ways possible. Because of this, the importance of successful ICT strategies in schools cannot be overstated and getting your strategy right, from...

Posted by Richard Sambrook Smith - 17 August 2023

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What is the DfE Connect The Classroom programme and how can you benefit?

Access to reliable and high-speed internet has become crucial for educational institutions that want to fully embrace the benefits of technology for not only teaching and learning, but a plethora of other services including cloud-based management information systems and wide area networks. Recognising this, Connect The Classroom by the Department for...

Posted by Richard Sambrook Smith - 09 August 2023

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Steve's Scribblings - Chocks Away!

It’s 1993, school lunchtime and four future Headteachers were engaged with in-depth consideration of a major IT problem we were all facing… how to complete the 4th mission in Chocks Away … a game for the Archimedes computer, a device beloved of education in the early 1990s and successor to the ground-breaking BBC B machines.

Posted by Steve Warburton - 08 August 2023

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Maximising Efficiency and Reducing Costs: Optimising Software in your MAT or School

‘There’s an app for that’ was an advertising campaign which supported the roll-out of the iPhone 3 in 2009. More importantly, a classic Sesame Street song was released soon after and bears some significance to today’s blog topic…

Including lines like ‘If you need to practise singing skat, there’s an app for that’ and ‘if you want to comb your cat…’ (...

Posted by Steve Warburton - 10 May 2023

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MIS Procurement - navigating the process

Management Information Systems (MIS) are a hot topic right now. Last year, we had ESS SIMS changing their contracts from annual to three years and recently, Advanced have announced that they are ceasing their MIS services from 31st August 2023. In addition to this, there are new 'up and coming' products that are entering the MIS market. All these changes...

Posted by Richard Sambrook Smith - 21 March 2023

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Cyber Security - is your school at risk?

It's Not a Game...

Posted by Steve Warburton - 07 February 2023

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Don't run an 'ICT change' project in the dark

New Year, New Resolution...I’m going to make sure thatthisyear’s ICT Change project goes well,but how? You might have made that resolution before but ended up with a variety of the problemsshown below..

Posted by Steve Warburton - 12 January 2023

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Jon Jones joins Novatia

We are pleased to announce that we have welcomed Jon Jones to Novatia as of 3rd January 2023. Jon is taking up the role of Technical Consultant and will be providing product leadership for our ICT design and delivery services into our Contruction partners on building projects.

Posted by Richard Sambrook Smith - 03 January 2023

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Blog 2: Piloting EdTech a key step for successful implementation

Here is blog two in our series around the DfE report on Implementation of education technology in schools. The first blog,The value of internal alignment for successful EdTech in MATs  was focused on how the key theme of obtaining internal alignment can support successful EdTech.

Moving onto the second blog in the series.

Posted by Richard Sambrook Smith - 06 December 2022

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