The EdTech Leadership Briefing Paper
Trends & Considerations To Guide EdTech Implementation In Schools Last month, the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) and the National Association of Advisors for Computers in Education (NAACE) launched the EdTech Leadership Briefing Paper to help school leaders make informed decisions about their school’s EdTech infrastructure. Based on a survey representative of C.25,000 schools, the […]
Webinar: Safeguarding Incident Management
In March this year, the DfE launched an additional set of Education Technology standards. Building on the existing standards, they aim to further help schools develop safer safeguarding strategies. One key development includes strengthening the safeguarding of pupils from potentially harmful online content. The newly launched Safeguarding Incident Management Platform by Schools Broadband is a tool […]
Effective Online Monitoring Must Pick up Incidents Urgently through Alerts say DfE
In March, this year the DfE launched an additional set of Education Technology standards. Building on the existing standards, they aim to further help schools develop safer safeguarding strategies. One key development includes strengthening the safeguarding of pupils from potentially harmful online content. The newly launched Safeguarding Incident Management Platform by Schools Broadband is a […]
Talk Straight Wins Virgin Media Award for Partner Collaboration
Talk Straight Group CEO David Tindall attended the Virgin Media Wholesale Partner Awards 2022 at Twickenham Rugby Ground, Tuesday 28th February and was proud to take home the award for Collaboration Partner of the Year, one of only five awards presented at the annual event. David said, “Receiving the Collaboration award shows how well our […]
School Governors’ Awareness Day
Organised by our partner Strictly Education, 28th February is National School Governors’ Awareness day. We’d like to help celebrate the contribution that governors and trustees make to improving the experiences of children and young people. What better way than to highlight the valuable work done by two of our very own school governors, Partner Programme […]
Anti DDoS Protection – Can your Provider Protect you?
The increase in the number and severity of DDoS attacks, on almost every organisation that exists, is, for those not adequately protected, wreaking havoc with their networks. What is a DDoS Attack? A DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack is an attempt to cause severe disruption to a network or server by overwhelming it with […]
Talk Straight Teams up with Charity Zarach to Tackle Bed Poverty
After successfully raising £4,390 for Macmillan last year, Talk Straight are turning our sights on eradicating bed poverty by teaming up with Leeds based charity Zarach. Zarach is a charity with a clear mission: We deliver beds and basics to children in poverty, to help families in crisis rise up from surviving to thriving so […]
Hertfordshire Schools Webinar
Meet Schools Broadband The Industry Leading Experts With Cost-Effective Answers Webinar Wednesday 8th February 4.00pm – 5.00pm We know there’s a lot to consider when choosing your new broadband provider, that’s why we’re hosting a webinar especially for Hertfordshire schools. We’ll talk you through your broadband options, go through the DfE’s minimum broadband standards, and […]
Talk Straight Limited Acquires United Network Technologies
Talk Straight Limited, trading as Schools Broadband, are pleased to announce the acquisition of Essex based ISP, United Network Technologies. Talk Straight is one of the largest education focused ISPs in the UK, and is now able to add this acquisition to its double-digit organic growth during the last four years. This is an exciting […]
Schools Broadband Partners with NCA to Tackle Cyber Crime in Schools
Cyber attacks on school networks have more than doubled during the Covid-19 pandemic. Data from the NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) shows there was a 107 per cent increase in reports from the police cyber prevent network of students deploying DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks from 2019 to 2020. To tackle this and […]