School IT support · Installations · Connectivity — est. 2000
IT support, installations and connectivity for schools across the UK
Providing tailored, innovative and secure ICT solutions to Schools, Academies and MATs. Advanced IT Services can help your organisation scope, install and support a cutting edge ICT solution.
Our Partners & Accreditations
Services Tailored To You
Bespoke ICT services for Primary & Secondary Schools and Multi-Academy Trusts.
These services enable cost-effective technology that seamlessly links systems to allow instant sharing and communication. Thanks to our partnerships with the Faster Britain network and Cyber Resilience Centre, AIT can help schools meet DfE ICT Standards for less. Our team are passionate about education, and giving schools and MATs the ability to create outstanding teaching and learning environments — solutions tailored to your specific needs, user-friendly, and beneficial for teachers, learners and educational administrators.
SuperFast Broadband
School broadband on our own network — with DfE Connect the Classroom delivered to the Digital Standards.
AIT Cloud Solutions
AIT Cloud for Schools, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace — hosted in our two ISO27001 data centres.
Backup & Security
Safeguarding and filtering, managed backup and disaster recovery, Cyber Essentials and compromise assessment.
Network Infrastructure
Data cabling, wireless and VoIP for schools — scoped, certified and future-proofed by our own engineers.
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What makes us different
The same support you trust — now with a platform behind it.
Most IT providers stop at the helpdesk. We build software for the schools we support — so your leaders see budgets, compliance and performance clearly, and nothing gets lost in a ticket queue. Included with our service, not sold on top.
Your whole IT estate, one clear view.
AIT Horizon connects support, strategy and school improvement — finance and five-year budgets, DfE compliance, cyber security, policies and your strategic roadmap.
- Lifecycle & 5-year budget forecasts
- DfE Digital Standards tracking
- Cyber risk, Cyber Essentials & GDPR
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Trust reporting, beautifully clear.
Live helpdesk KPIs, SLA performance and AI-powered insight for every school and trust we support — your service, measured in the open.
- Live sync with our helpdesk
- Per-trust & per-school KPIs
- 97.7% user satisfaction, in the open
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Navigate. Manage. Deliver.
AIT Atlas runs our people, projects, fleet and rota across every school we support — so the right engineer is at the right school, every time.
- 20 trusts · 249 schools · one map
- Rota, fleet & project boards
- The reason our service scales personally
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Ordering, from quote to classroom.
The AIT Ordering platform tracks every quote, PO and delivery across our supplier catalogue — so schools always know exactly where an order is.
- Live order status & catalogue
- Supplier quotes in one place
- Connected to our helpdesk
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Existing client? The Customer Portal is your single front door — the one login hub for all four platforms: AIT Horizon, Helpdesk Reporting, AIT Atlas and AIT Ordering, plus support.
Why Us?
Your Journey With Us!
Contact Us
Get in touch for a friendly chat with our team. Whether you have questions, ideas or specific needs, we are here to listen and provide valuable insights.
Meet the Team
People are at the heart of everything we do. Whether it’s our clients or employees, we genuinely appreciate and prioritise each individual we engage with.
Building the System That Works for You
We’re dedicated to assisting your school in planning, implementing and supporting a reliable, high-performance IT network for outstanding teaching and learning.
Hear What Our Clients Had to Say…
Above and beyond
“Our Trust have worked with AIT for almost ten years. In that time we have developed a trusting relationship, and they are continually looking for ways to improve the service to our schools. If you’re looking for a provider who can really deliver… look no further than AIT!”
J Haigh — Multi-Academy Trust
We love our technician visits!
“It’s always such a joy when our AIT tech visits! He’s really part of the team and my staff always know that whatever they need will get resolved.”
K Yoxall — School Business Manager
They just get it
“AIT really ‘get it’. Anything we try and articulate they put into action. I really respect their transparent approach, and they always do everything to ensure we get the very best in price, service and products.”
A Mullahy — School Business Manager
Cost effective solutions
“AIT came in with a great price and an even better proposal which really did maximise our budgets as they said it would! The broadband and additional support has been seamless.”
Nottingham School Client
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers, before you even ask.
Straight-talking answers to the things schools ask us most. Anything else — call us on 0115 9170 197.
We are proud to be different. Technology never switches off, and therefore as your support provider – neither should we. Our team are on hand 24 hours a day. Regardless of what service you have from us, everyone receives dedicated support from our expert team. Based in the East Midlands, we are unique in the sense that we fully own two Data Centres which are fully compliant with ISO27001 regulations. This means we can offer our clients the very best in connectivity solutions along with exceptional reliable performance .
Since 2000 we've been supporting Schools, MATs and businesses across the UK as an end-to-end IT solutions provider. We've grown organically to become a trusted supplier amongst Schools who are looking to develop their digital strategies and centralise services. As an agile business, we are continuously developing to provide excellent support and maximise IT budgets so that you get the most from your IT investments.
We appreciate how busy you are and the continued budget constraints you might face. We really are here to help. We don't believe in bombarding you with information that can feel overwhelming. Instead, when you contact us – a member of our team will get in touch with you at a time that suits to really understand if we can help you. If we feel we can, we'll organise to come and meet you in person and conduct a free IT audit with absolutely no obligation.
We support Schools and MATs across the UK, along with various councils and areas of the public sector.
No. AIT Horizon, Helpdesk Reporting and AIT Ordering are included with our service — they are how we prove the service is working, not an upsell. AIT Atlas is the operations platform our own team runs on, so its benefit reaches you as reliable engineer visits and on-time project delivery. Existing clients reach everything through one login at the Customer Portal.
We also support business
The same 24/7 team behind 249 schools now supports offices, warehouses and workshops across the UK — hosting, helpdesk, cyber and connectivity.
Speak to Us
Ready to embark on your digital journey?
Get in touch for a friendly chat with our team! Whether you have questions, ideas or specific needs, we are here to listen and provide valuable insights.
Prefer to talk? Call 0115 9170 197 — or book your free, no-obligation IT audit.