Welcome to emPSN, a not-for-profit company, providing reliable, fast and filtered connections for schools, academies and local authorities as part of the National Education Network.

We are delighted to have been recommended to the Council as the managed broadband services supplier for Kirklees schools to meet the requirements for your site.

Our team are available to answer your questions and manage your practical roadmap throughout the process. We have opportunities to meet us online, in person at a location near you, or contact us now at support@empsn.org.uk

Click here to see our brochure

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Upcoming Kirklees Information Sessions

We want to provide opportunities to help you to understand your options. Here we will post upcoming information sessions, either online or in person.

 

emPSN information session at The Tolson Museum, Huddersfield HD5 8DJ

Wednesday 25th September

Two sessions available: 10am – 11.30am or 1.30 – 3pm

For those that missed our first round of in-person events, the emPSN team will be back at the Tolson Museum for the day on the 25th September. Whether you are planning on joining our network or are looking for information about your options, come along and speak to our commercial and technical team.

Everyone is welcome and refreshments will be provided. Please register your interest below.

    emPSN welcome webinar

    Your Questions Answered

    In the section below, we will post and answer any questions we receive about our services from Kirklees schools and their support teams. This will be updated regularly. If you would like to ask our team a question now, please email support@empsn.org.uk or call 01604 879869

    Our pricing does not include Smoothwall as this contract sits with Kirklees Council until March 2025.

    For Sites who wish to continue to use Smoothwall beyond April 2025 we would recommend that you contract directly with Smoothwall for this service. emPSN already supports and enables seamless running of Smoothwall for a number of customers on our Network but we will not be acting as a reseller for their products.

    An alternative option to Smoothwall would be to use the emPSN resilient core firewalls which come at no additional cost.  You would however need to purchase additional Web Filtering for which we do have an alternative supplier, Netsweeper who would be able to provide demonstrations of the product. For pricing, please email your number on role plus staff to support@empsn.org.uk

    In addition to web filtering, we also offer a monitoring solution through our supplier Netsweeper, onGuard. For additional information please contact us at support@empsn.org.uk

    We can demonstrate the web filtering element through our supplier Netsweeper. In regard to the firewall this would be a technical discussion rather than a demonstration.

    Since emPNS’s recent move from Cisco to Fortinet Firewall a number of supplementary features have slowly been released with the VPN product due for release in June 2024.

    emPSN are able to offer a Monitoring product though our supplier Netsweeper, please advise via support@empsn.org.uk if you require a demonstration.

    The Smoothwall monitoring product is an additional add on to the current Kirklees Smoothwall product, emPSN offer our own Monitoring product through Netsweeper.

    The Jisc pricing provided includes 4G resilience, the Nasstar pricing provided in our initial communications does not include resiliency.

    emPSN are able to provide a number of resilient options through our supplier Nasstar dependant on your location and budget. A list of some of these options:
    4G/5G
    SoGEA (FTTC equivalent)
    FTTP
    Additional Leased Line
    RAO2
     
    Options and pricing can be provided on request to support@empsn.org.uk

    Yes, there will be support via our security teams. Additionally, we offer multiple fixed IP’s if multiple applications are required at no additional cost.

    emPSN do have a VOIP product offer through our supplier Nasstar. If you require more information regarding this, please contact us as support@empsn.org.uk

    The managed firewall is included with the emPSN pricing. Web filtering is at an additional cost. Please see our Kirklees specific brochure for information about what is included on the emPSN Network (link to view/download at the bottom of this page).

    emPSN welcome webinar

    Webinar Replays:

    Netsweeper – Live Demonstration of Filtering and Monitoring (4th July 2024)

    Click here to view the replay of our live demonstration of Netsweeper.

     

    Introduction and Q&A with emPSN (23rd May 2024)

    If you missed our short webinar in May, please click here to view the Microsoft Teams recording.

    You can also click below to view our slides from the webinar.

    If you have any trouble accessing these, please let us know at support@empsn.org.uk

    Access the webinar slides here
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    A Managed Broadband Service Tailored for Schools

    As a schools-focused managed broadband provider, we go beyond just an internet connection. All our protections and systems are specifically designed to meet or exceed the minimum standards set out by the Department for Education (compliant with Keeping Children Safe in Education).

    Our safe and secure network is protected by Jisc Critical Services Protection, connecting you to critical education focussed national infrastructure. This service is included as standard in all our connectivity packages. 

    Download our brochure below to learn more.

    Click here to download our brochure

    Need to speak to our team?

    Contact us at: support@empsn.org.uk

    Call 01604 879 869

    or click below to visit our online contact form.

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