A recent “network engineer” apprentice success story involved a trust containing numerous schools and sites. As an organisation they had been acquiring additional sites that needed services, without much opportunity to integrate and standardise them. The situation had become managing a series of completely different schools in terms of builds, services, cloud tenancies and approaches. One of these sites may have been in a woodland which had its own fun challenges.
We began by understanding what they had – about 15 completely different sites and setups. This developed into understanding what leadership priorities were – their aims and objectives – basically a standardised approach across the sites, and more importantly a way to duplicate this across future sites without many additional changes in a cost-effective way.
We started by taking their most complex site – it involved CCTV, voice, payment systems, printers and the on-premises storage of quite sensitive data. We looked at data flows from the cafeteria areas, the isolated video capture and temporary storage, ensuring that students couldn’t “accidentally” connect to the staff machines and a couple of wireless networks (guest, controlled guests, and internal). This resulted in a series of vlans, wireless setups and other general concepts – we also explored setting up a hub-and-spoke WAN topology to the main site but opted for migrating and centralising cloud services instead.
This then resulted in a series of designs that are currently under review – this then enabled us to explore change management approaches and how we’d actually do this once they get approved – looking at config changes, rollout (and rollback) plans and when this could actually happen with minimal downtime.
This has now become a wider project where our apprentice is now leading the transformation of cloud systems, the redesign of the topologies of numerous sites and the project planning of making it happen. Roll on the summer!
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LAST CALL FOR APPLICATIONS ‼️
Brilliant role and fantastic opportunity for any Cheshire based IT enthusiasts.
Job role:
- Provide positive and proactive technical support, including repairs, fault diagnosis, and corrective actions for IT equipment.
- Maintain and develop school systems and networks, assist with email and internet activities, and support network and file management.
- Maintain the ICT inventory, ensure network security, and prevent misuse of ICT equipment.
- Offer software support and on-the-spot advice to staff, provide classroom support, and manage printer consumables.
Read more and apply now using this link
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Some more photos from the brilliant awards event we attended last Thursday hosted by nEd Ex.
Louise’s speech featured ‘Our Why’ video of Thomas, the first photo on this post is him watching it along with the rest of the audience who all stood up and applauded him at the end of the video. This showed us how impactful Tom’s story is, not only to our company but to everyone.
If you want to watch Our Why video featuring Thomas, click here
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If you want to see a bit more about what we do, go to our website
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We had an absolutely fabulous time at the NedEx School & Trust Leadership awards last night in Milton Keynes!
There were 10 of us all together from Prinary Goak & Future Ready Foundation, including two brilliant Primary Goal apprentices as well as the lovely Aneela from BritAsia.
Our 17 year old apprentice Poppy was brave enough to actually present and hand out one of the awards which was a very heartwarming moment for all of us, Well Done Poppy!
To see everyone networking and hear the laughter and applause as all of these very deserving schools and trusts came to the stage to collect their awards, was just breathtaking. What a brilliant event! Thanks so much @NedEx for hosting and having us! We can’t wait to see you again next year!
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Brilliant role and fantastic opportunity for any Cheshire based IT enthusiasts.
Job role:
- Provide positive and proactive technical support, including repairs, fault diagnosis, and corrective actions for IT equipment.
- Maintain and develop school systems and networks, assist with email and internet activities, and support network and file management.
- Maintain the ICT inventory, ensure network security, and prevent misuse of ICT equipment.
- Offer software support and on-the-spot advice to staff, provide classroom support, and manage printer consumables.
Read more and apply now using this link
https://t.co/i7vkUusgnK
#apprentice #ICT #Tech #Technology #Vacancy #ITVacancy
Listen to Claire Walmsley diminish lots of worries she had about coming on our Digital Champion programme. Were you worried about any of the issues talked about in this video?
Want to explore more by yourself- here is a link to our programmes for education!
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Prefer a 1-1 chat with a member of our team? Click the links below to book a time slot with our Founder Louise, or Bal:
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Whatever your role within your school, there is a programme dedicated to helping people like you progress digitally. Whether you’re quite tech savvy or relatively inexperienced our programmes are flexible to suit you, with knowledgeable tutors who will tailor learning to your exact needs within your job role!
Our digital champion programmes have a 90% distinction rate. Why not choose us and excel into the digital future with confidence and efficiency today?
To explore more about our programmes for education, visit our website by clicking here:
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Ready to take the next step?
Schedule a discovery call with our founder Louise or Bal using the links below:
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Our Digital Champion programmes have a 90% distinction rate!
Apply now and upskill your classroom with helpful tech tools, helping you to become more efficient and helping your students learn more effectively with techniques that fit their needs!
Want to discover more about our Digital Educator Programme:
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Ready to take the next step?
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Never be afraid to ask for help, we are all on this planet together, we all live in each others shoes, we all walk with our own shadows. Be kind, be supportive and remember that you are enough. You are brilliant!
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We hope you have a very sweet and restful Easter filled with chocolatey moments that bring you joy. 🐣
Lots of love
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