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12 Apr, 2026
Cyber Essentials Plus Certification for Education & Training
Tailored cyber security solutions for education & training — from compliance and security to day-to-day support, all managed by UK-based experts.
24/7 Monitoring
Our security operations centre watches your environment around the clock, responding to alerts within minutes.
Plain-English Reporting
No jargon — we explain risks, incidents and recommendations in language your board and staff can understand.
Cost-Effective Security
Get the protection of a full security team without the six-figure salary bill — our managed services start from just a few pounds per user.
For schools: cyber essentials plus certification that holds up under pressure.
Is your cyber essentials plus certification keeping pace with what safeguarding leads now expect? The honest answer is that cyber essentials plus certification should follow your workflow, not fight it. Because schools handle sensitive work through SIMS, cyber essentials plus certification and GDPR go hand in hand. We defend cyber essentials plus certification around your SIMS and learning platforms, keeping headteachers productive and the DfE satisfied. In practice that means Cyber Essentials, managed firewalls and monitoring tuned to how IT coordinators work. For schools, the payoff from sorting cyber essentials plus certification is reducing breach risk and a calmer week. Everything runs on UK infrastructure, with data kept in the UK. Where the ICO applies, the controls are documented so audits stay painless. You keep ownership of Microsoft 365 Education and your data throughout. We keep management information systems resilient, so a bad day stays a small day.
How it works for Education businesses
A clear, structured process from consultation to ongoing support.
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Business-First Thinking
We start by understanding your business risks, then design security controls around them — not the other way around.
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Ongoing, Not One-Off
Cyber threats evolve daily. Our continuous monitoring and regular assessments ensure your defences keep pace with the threat landscape.
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Rapid Incident Response
If the worst happens, our incident response team is on call to contain, investigate and remediate — minimising downtime and data loss.
Cyber Essentials Plus Certification for Education
Secure by default
Compliance evidence for cyber essentials plus certification is a by-product of doing the work, mapped to Ofsted. When a client questionnaire lands, schools answer it in an afternoon.
Designed for schools
Security is built into cyber essentials plus certification from the start, with access controlled and devices managed against the DfE. Headteachers stay protected without clumsy after-the-fact bolt-ons.
A UK helpdesk
We document the lot, from Microsoft 365 Education and access rights through to recovery steps. Audits, insurer questions and staff handovers all stay calm as a result.
What Our Cyber Essentials Plus Certification Covers
Endpoint detection and response (EDR)
Real-time threat monitoring and alerting
Security policy development and review
Vulnerability scanning and remediation
Staff cyber awareness training
Compliance reporting and evidence packs
Why Education businesses choose us
Time spent learning ParentPay before anything changes
Practical help with cyber essentials plus certification from day one
Right-sized for schools, never enterprise overkill
An IT roadmap for schools that you actually own
Named contacts and a clear escalation path
Engineers who speak to headteachers like people
Real hands-on experience across Microsoft 365 Education and parent communications
Frequently Asked Questions
Recovery paths are written down and tested in advance, not assumed on the day. When issues like MIS uptime strike, we work to agreed recovery objectives, keep business managers informed at every step, and bring Microsoft 365 Education and the management information systems behind it back online in a known, documented order.
We are a UK firm sized for schools, so you get named engineers who learn your ParentPay instead of a faceless queue. Cyber essentials plus certification is handled in plain English, costs are transparent, and you are never too small to matter, which is rarely true at the enterprise end of the market.
Not at all. We build cyber essentials plus certification around the SIMS and parent communications you already use, because ripping out familiar tools rarely helps schools. Where something genuinely holds you back we will say so honestly, but the default is to harden what works, not bill you for a needless rebuild.
On UK infrastructure, with data residency in the UK throughout. That keeps GDPR simpler for schools and avoids the awkward surprises that come up in client due-diligence when data has quietly drifted offshore. You keep ownership of Google Workspace for Education and your data at all times.
Free On Boarding worth up to £2,000!
Limited time offer - valid until 31/05/2026
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