Sustainable IT for Schools 

Sustainability in education starts with smarter IT choices. 

Our sustainable IT services help schools and trusts lower emissions, cut energy costs, and adopt greener practices – without compromising performance or compliance.

From responsible device recycling and carbon-conscious procurement to energy-saving cloud platforms and sustainable network design, we’ll work with you to build an IT strategy that aligns with your climate goals and supports your sustainability policies. 

Sustainability

Included in our Sustainability Service

MANAGE-YOUR-POWER-USAGE

Manage Your Power Usage

By charging your devices for around two hours a day and then setting timers so the power is turned off you can save around £2k per year on electricity bills through not allowing devices to trickle charge.

At eduthing we can set this up for you for.

NOT-ALL-USER-DEVICES-ARE-MADE-EQUAL

Not all user devices are made equal

Some us more power, some create more CO2 in the manufacturing process and some create more CO2 during their lifetime use.

At eduthing we can help you understand the most cost effective approach to device procurement and management.

MOVING-TO-CLOUD-SERVICES

Moving to Cloud Services

Both major education Cloud providers – Microsoft and Google – run their data centres on green renewable energy and have made pledges to be carbon neutral by 2025. This means that using Cloud Services will not add CO2 to the atmosphere.

Cloud service costs are inclusive of power charges so there are no hidden costs apart from what you pay on the subscription charge.

Cloud services optimise the use of hardware in datacentres making the most efficient use of resources.

At eduthing we can help you map your journey to the Cloud so that your IT solution is as cost effective as possible and so that you reduce your carbon footprint as much as possible.

FRONT-OF-CLASSROOM-DISPLAYS

Front of Classroom Displays

Front of classroom displays are not all created equal. We work with the most efficient suppliers and those that take their sustainability pledges very seriously. We can help you make sure you have the best options for sustainability as part of you solution.

Understanding the supply chain – CO2 emissions come from the manufacturing, transportation, usage and then disposal of IT assets. At eduthing we have assembled a set of partners in our supply chain that are dedicated to ensuring the lowest possible CO2 footprint and the highest levels of sustainability for their products and solutions.

DISPOSAL-OF-ASSETS

Disposal of Assets

We are of course dedicated to making sure that any electronic waste is disposed of ethically, but we also work with partners who will re-purpose old equipment and then put it back into use wherever possible.

Re-purposing a device or the components from a device is by far the most sustainable approach to utilising equipment that is no longer fit for purpose in the classroom.

2_ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT

We are focused on ensuring that we help our customers make the most of their budgets and that they are able to make savings wherever possible.

With the volatility in energy prices and the need to minimise carbon emissions, we will undertake an audit of the energy consumption of your IT solution.

We will help you minimise the use of power when charging devices by enabling some very simple approaches to power management.

We will also look at your onsite server deployments and help you understand if moving to cloud based alternatives could save money.

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In April 2019, following an extensive tender process, we selected eduthing to deliver a managed IT service at St Matthew’s. With a number of providers in the sector, it was crucial that we partnered with a forward thinking company to help devise a strategy to update our ageing IT infrastructure and classroom technology. Their educational experience and knowledge was key to ensure we invested our budget wisely, with  maximum impact and to best support teaching and learning. The upgrade gave us a solid platform to deploy remote learning quickly and effectively. In partnership with eduthing, we are now able to confidently take a  proactive approach to our IT.

Primary School
Redhill, Surrey
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We are delighted with the highly professional and efficient service the school has received following the decision to move our business to Eduthing. The staff are knowledgeable and proficient and offer a timely response to issues raised. We have been pleased to act on their recommendations. From the outset, we have enjoyed the collaborative, warm and friendly relationships with all Eduthing staff.

Primary School
West Sussex
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eduthing have been highly responsive and incredibly supportive to our school with our IT provision, which has been ever more significant during lockdown where we have been supporting pupils remotely alongside those in school. We continue to be impressed with our designated field engineer and the Primary Schools & Academies Director, who are both flexible, proactive and extremely knowledge and who approach every task with a positive can-do attitude. We have been delighted with the rapid and responsive support we have received from the company during a wide range of situations, these have been dealt with effectively and efficiently. eduthing are able to provide creative solutions to a broad spectrum of issues. We feel completely supported with our IT infrastructure, even when inevitable issues have occurred.
We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend eduthing as a IT support provider for other schools.

Primary School
Woking, Surrey
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Eduthing have managed our IT provision for three years now. They have worked with us to completely re-design our infrastructure from the ground up, ensuring that our network provides reliable coverage across the site and secure access from a wide range of devices. The responsiveness of the support systems in place is excellent, with staff now confident that any issues they come across will be responded to quickly and effectively. Eduthing also work as a strategic partner; informing and supporting us with our plans to develop our IT resources, but also challenging us to be ambitious and achieve more. Throughout lockdown they not only ensured that we were able to provide a reliable online curriculum, they supported us to further evolve and improve that provision so that it is now second to none.

Secondary School
Milford, Surrey
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There was only one company that we felt had the credentials to meet our exacting expectations, eduthing. The team of engineers worked above and beyond, not only in the physical transition, but in the ongoing support of staff and Senior Leaders with reassurance. The team worked above and beyond expectations, often late at night and into weekends. The online support from eduthing is available during working hours, with engineers able to resolve 99% of issues remotely and efficiently. We also have access to an onsite engineer for half a day per week. Both aspects of this support serve to reassure staff and students that we have the technology and infrastructure to achieve the world class education our students deserve.

While I am all too aware that eduthing manage the IT solutions in large schools, when it comes to a personal approach in a small special school, they are exceptional. We look forward to many more years on support.

Special School
Caterham Surrey
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Having made the decision to roll out a Chromebook 1:1 scheme for September 2020 late into the summer term 2020, eduthing did a brilliant job in supporting the school too implement the scheme in a timely and effective manner. They helped in a range of different ways, producing materials for the promotion of the scheme all the way through to the careful managed handing out of the hardware at the start of the new term.  This was a complex roll out that was fraught with many different challenges; however, eduthing were there to help us at every step of the way, ensuring the project was a great success.

Secondary School
Kingston, Surrey
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We have been with eduthing from the outset and have always found them to be professional and responsive to our school’s needs. The engineers fit into and understand school life and we consider them part of our team. The helpdesk is friendly and well organised with many issues resolved remotely and promptly. We all appreciate the on-demand visits introduced last year, a fantastic addition to an already excellent service.

During the pandemic eduthing have continued to offer outstanding support and confirmed themselves as the right choice for our school. They ensured our remote education platform was set up and ready to go to ensure our pupils could access everything required for home schooling. This removed a huge burden from the staff and enabled them to focus on teaching. eduthing have helped to shape our future IT programme and provided advice and solutions as requested. We are in a much stronger position knowing we can rely on them and that they deliver.

Primary School
Epsom, Surrey
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Eduthing has transformed the IT at our one form entry primary school. A complete overhaul of the infrastructure, hardware and software has meant staff can work far more effectively and efficiently at school and at home; and most importantly, technology is now regularly used across the curriculum to support the children’s learning. The introduction of Chromebooks has transformed the way in which technology is used in lessons. Children engage in their learning through safe, easy and reliable devices and the children absolutely love them! Eduthing has been brilliant at any technical support that the school has needed- either remotely or in school, the service is very friendly, professional and helpful. Any issues are resolved quickly.

Primary School
Kingswood, Surrey
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We have been using eduthing for a number of years, they support us with every aspect of our IT from day-to-day problems with software to advising on large scale projects. eduthing helped us during the pandemic by quickly turning around loading software onto new Chromebooks and helping with the endless google suite questions to ensure remote learning was available to all. We have a good working relationship with the field engineers and are always able to get hold of the Primary Schools and Academies Director or Managing Director if the need arises.
When a problem has arisen, eduthing reacted quickly and professionally and are always open to suggestions in the way we work together.

Primary School
Epsom, Surrey
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We are delighted with the highly professional and efficient service the school has received following the decision to move our business to eduthing. The staff are knowledgeable and proficient and offer a timely  response to issues raised.  We have been pleased to act on their recommendations. From the outset, we have enjoyed the collaborative, warm and friendly relationships with all eduthing staff.

Primary School
West Sussex

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