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Tailored IT consulting solutions for education & training — from compliance and security to day-to-day support, all managed by UK-based experts.
Our consultants bring decades of experience across infrastructure, cloud, security and digital transformation.
Every project produces actionable documentation — roadmaps, policies and procedures your team can follow.
We are vendor-neutral, recommending solutions based on what is best for your business, not what earns us the highest commission.
Plenty of schools reach us mid-crisis, with IT governance the thread that unravelled. With GDPR in the background and Microsoft 365 Education at the core, IT governance matters more for schools than most realise. Cloudswitched handles IT governance for schools end to end, from Show My Homework to learning platforms, with the ICO built in. Under the bonnet it is vendor management and technology reviews, configured so Google Workspace for Education keeps performing through safeguarding data. Tickets are logged against contractual SLAs and reviewed each month, not just promised. We want schools to walk away with a clear IT roadmap and one less thing to worry about.
A clear, structured process from consultation to ongoing support.
We start every engagement by understanding your business goals, challenges and constraints — then design an IT strategy that supports them.
We do not just write reports and walk away. Our consultants roll up their sleeves and help implement the recommendations we make.
Every engagement includes training and documentation so your team builds capability, not dependency on external consultants.
Reviews look at support and safeguarding every quarter, so IT governance keeps pace as your schools grow. It does not quietly drift out of date between meetings.
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.
Costs are fixed and transparent, sized for schools rather than enterprise budgets. You can plan IT spend around IT governance with no surprises on the invoice.
Everything ties back to Show My Homework and the parent communications business managers already depend on. IT governance fits how you work, rather than forcing an expensive rebuild.
A UK company registered at Companies House (10907588)
Right-sized for schools, never enterprise overkill
Real hands-on experience across SIMS and filtering and monitoring
Proactive monitoring and patching around the clock
Practical help with IT governance from day one
A UK-based helpdesk that genuinely understands schools
Backup and recovery that is tested, not assumed

We start by mapping learning platforms and watching how business managers actually use Google Workspace for Education day to day, then layer IT governance on top without disruption. The aim is to govern the work you already do, keep your familiar tools, and avoid the cost and risk of an unnecessary rebuild.
Controls for IT governance are documented and mapped to GDPR as part of the build, not retro-fitted later. When an audit, an insurer or a client questionnaire lands, the evidence is already in order, and we keep it current as your schools take on more work and more obligations.
Security for IT governance is layered quietly behind the scenes: managed devices, controlled access and monitoring tied to the ICO. Business managers carry on with the work while the protection runs underneath, so you meet your obligations without the friction that makes people quietly work around the controls.
Yes, where schools need it. Monitoring runs around the clock, and out-of-hours cover for IT governance can be arranged so that a problem during safeguarding data does not wait until morning. We agree the level up front, so the response matches what your business genuinely requires.
Yes. We support schools day to day, so we already know Arbor, the rhythm of safeguarding data, and what IT coordinators need from their systems. IT governance is set up around your existing workflow, with the DfE accounted for from the start rather than bolted on as an afterthought once something has already gone wrong.
Limited time offer - valid until 31/05/2026
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