For over 20 years our not-for-profit status has underpinned our organisation’s values and services, from reinvesting in the quality of our offering to providing best-in-class safeguarding protections for schools.
Our spectrum of managed services are designed to meet or exceed the standards required for safe and secure connectivity in the public sector. Thanks to our trusted suppliers, emPSN provide you with so much more than ‘just an internet connection’.
Managing connections to educational sites is at the core of emPSN, whether that be a small primary in a rural location or multi-site academy trusts.
We work closely with your school team or IT provider to identify the type of network connectivity you need and advise on the ideal solution that will benefit your whole school community.
When you choose emPSN, you are joining a network of members who enjoy a variety of benefits including a secure network that is routed via the Joint Academic Network (JaNET) and a dedicated UK-based support team.
Broadband for Schools
As a schools-based provider, all our protections and systems are specifically designed to adhere to the standards set out by the DfE (compliant with Keeping Children Safe in Education). We partner with Netsweeper for their leading web filtering and monitoring technology that creates a safe digital learning
environment.
As a school or local authority, being able to demonstrate that appropriate business continuity measures are not just in place, but regularly tested and refined, is a fundamental requirement. Critical Services Protection adds an essential layer of defence to your network.
Cyber Security DefenceOur Academy was selected for the Rural Gigabit Connectivity (RGC) Programme. This has given us the opportunity to have faster connectivity in a rural area. We are so pleased with the connection we have now and the children are benefiting from it so much. We are fortunate to have laptops for every child and before we were upgraded when a class of 24 children were on the laptops it used to suck all the internet and crash etc, now we don’t even notice when everyone is on. The installation went really smooth there were no issues. A BIG THANK YOU to emPSN for arranging all this and enabling us to have a better internet experience.
The difference has been remarkable. Our IT provider has informed us, that we have gone from an average of 2Mbit/s download to 89Mbit/s and our uploads are a mega 28Mbit/s!!
The difference that this will make to our pupils and staff is hard to put into words. For over 20 months we have had to battle remote learning, teaching, holding meetings etc. with poor quality links; leaving us as school often left behind and feeling embarrassed on meetings. No more!
I’d like to thank BT, Kathryn Young at emPSN, Andy and James at Tech Box and the DFE for the funding. Without it, as a small school we could not have afforded it. The upgrade will make such a difference to the quality of learning for so many.
Thank you!
Our upgraded fibre circuit has transformed our admin and our teaching. Before it was installed we had to update our website from home and could only access online teaching resources in certain areas, definitely not outside. Now we can complete admin and teaching tasks anywhere in school all the time.
Since we have upgraded the broadband we have found we have been receiving a much faster and stable connection in school. Even with all pupils and teachers online the speed doesn’t ever seem to be effected. Perfect for the current virtual world!
We regularly update schools and organisations on best practices within EdTech and keeping safe online. Find out how we can help you stay safe and secure with our latest updates.
Urgent information regarding your Netsweeper service Netsweeper Filter: Important information regarding emPSN customer migration to Netsweeper UK-Cloud8 platform. In November 2024, emPSN will be migrating all Netsweeper customers to the Netsweeper UK-Cloud8 platform as part… More »
Schools (and registered childcare providers) in England and Wales are required “to ensure children are safe from terrorist and extremist material when accessing the internet in school, including by establishing appropriate levels of filtering”. Furthermore,… More »
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