ICT Support
ICT support for schools and academies
Our experienced ICT
Schools team
provides effective, customer focussed ICT support.
Accredited by Capita in SIMS support, our ICT
support services include:
- Technical support (curriculum and administrative)
- A peripatetic technician service
- Full SIMS support including support for SIMS Learning
Gateway
- ICT hardware and software procurement
- ICT consultancies
- Website services
- Remote support services
- 9 to 5 service desk.
ICT learning and development for schools and academies
We can save you time and money through the effective use of
technology! The Technology,
Learning & Performance Improvement team provide:
- Microsoft Office desktop training
- Free consultancies
- Team development
- Onsite learning event
- Trouble shooting at onsite surgeries
- ICT nationally recognised qualification (ITQ Level 2)
- Mapped to the National Qualification Framework
- Free reference materials
- Quick reference guides
- Quick tips
- Videos
- Inter-active guides
- Web pages
- eLearning
- Continuous Professional Development
- Formal & informal learning opportunities
- Training needs analysis
- Process improvement
- Supporting projects
Broadband network for schools and academies
Worcestershire County Council, in partnership
with BT, offers a fully managed broadband service providing fibre
optic high-speed internet access to schools, including and onward
connection to the National Educational Network linking schools with
colleges and universities throughout the UK. Our network also
includes a number of strategic services defined by standards
established by government agencies eg. authentication, data
security and service quality. We offer:
- A robust connection to the Worcestershire Broadband Network for
Schools and Academies that meets or exceeds national
requirements
- A secure connection to the National Educational Network
- Unlimited use of internet connections
- A flexible and robust filtering system that meets e-safety
requirements
- Connection to the regional and national infrastructure
- Fully integrated into the county council's own corporate
network and central services.
- View or download the
Service Offer for this service (Link to Edulink).
EduLink4schools website
Worcestershire County Council's 'EduLink4schools
(External Website)' service provides cost-effective and easily
adaptable templates enabling schools to create their own website
using Microsoft Sharepoint. Each site has its own unique school
domain name and is hosted within the Edulink infrastructure, the
Council's dedicated school's internet and intranet.
The EduLink structure provides any information that a school may
wish to share with parents and the general public as well as
providing a secure and flexible internal site for staff, leadership
teams and governors. The site also links into the wider services
available including the schools learning platform and online
learning resources.
Some of the pages available include:
- Home page
- Our staff
- Extra curriculum
- Contact us
- Parental information
- News and announcements
- School calendar
- Photo galleries
- Secure staff zone.
-
Edulink
Local Authority users can logon
to Edulink using their corporate
credentials. School users access Edulink using their individual Global
Account
- Schools
Broadband Team
This site will give you information
on Worcestershire's Broadband Project and its Support &
Development.
We are not responsible for the content of external sites.
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This page was last reviewed 11 April 2013 at 14:55.
The page is next due for review 8 October 2014.