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Get fast and reliable wireless coverage with our Wi-Fi solutions
We work with world-class partners like Cisco Meraki and HP to offer your school or college modern Wi-Fi performance and reliability. Together, we provide a complete Wi-Fi 6 solution:
- Site survey and solution plan
- Hardware supply
- Installation and set up
Our Wi-Fi 6 solutions measure up against the expected digital standards for schools and colleges
Just as mobile broadband has progressed from 3G, through 4G and now 5G, Wi-Fi has evolved too. Wi-Fi 6, also known as 802.11ax, is the most recent iteration of the Wi-Fi network protocol. It offers a substantial upgrade over its predecessor that can provide a big boost to wireless performance, right across your school, college or Multi Academy Trust. And it meets the expectations laid out in Department for Education guidance: "Meeting Digital and Technology Standards in Schools and Colleges".
More reliable
Provides a more consistent network connection than previous Wi-Fi standards, for a seamless experience.2
More capacity
Transmits more data to more clients than previous Wi-Fi standards.2
More bandwidth
Achieves speeds up to four times faster than Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) to drive more applications.2
Enhanced features
Helps improve device battery efficiency. Plus support for 2.4GHz makes Wi-Fi 6 ideal for IoT devices.2
Leave your Wi-Fi deployment to us, so you can focus on teaching and learning
From planning to installation, we make it easy
Our team of education specialists can plan, provide, install and implement your Wi-Fi upgrade. From offering a full site survey1 to aid solution design, to a complete working WLAN, we make it easy. Our wireless LAN upgrade service takes care of everything from end-to-end, so you can concentrate on the teaching and learning.
Get your school, college or Multi Academy Trust's upgrade project started with BT. Book a site survey today.
Request a site surveyFrom planning to installation, we make it easy
Our team of education specialists can plan, provide, install and implement your Wi-Fi upgrade. From offering a full site survey1 to aid solution design, to a complete working WLAN, we make it easy. Our wireless LAN upgrade service takes care of everything from end-to-end, so you can concentrate on the teaching and learning.
Get your school, college or Multi Academy Trust's upgrade project started with BT. Book a site survey today.
Request a site surveyWi-Fi 6 supports your 1:1 device programme
The adoption of 1:1 device programmes and more reliance on cloud-based apps in the classroom, means more internet connected devices than ever in schools and colleges. Add to this an increasing use of immersive learning technologies, like augmented and virtual reality, and it's easy to see why wireless networks are under strain.
Wi-Fi 6 is built to handle all these technologies. At the same time. Upgrading your wireless LAN to Wi-Fi 6 will improve the experience for students, teachers and other school staff.
Learn more about 1:1Wi-Fi 6 supports your 1:1 device programme
The adoption of 1:1 device programmes and more reliance on cloud-based apps in the classroom, means more internet connected devices than ever in schools and colleges. Add to this an increasing use of immersive learning technologies, like augmented and virtual reality, and it's easy to see why wireless networks are under strain.
Wi-Fi 6 is built to handle all these technologies. At the same time. Upgrading your wireless LAN to Wi-Fi 6 will improve the experience for students, teachers and other school staff.
Learn more about 1:1Ready to power your future digital transformations
Combine our Wi-Fi 6 solution with a rock-solid, high performance internet connection like our BTnet leased line, and you've got the ultimate connectivity foundations to support your digital transformation plans. For today and tomorrow.
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View all education solutionsReady to power your future digital transformations
Combine our Wi-Fi 6 solution with a rock-solid, high performance internet connection like our BTnet leased line, and you've got the ultimate connectivity foundations to support your digital transformation plans. Future proofed.
Check out all our solutions for education, including safeguarding and security that meets government standards.
View all education solutionsAre you eligible for Wi-Fi upgrade funding via the DfE's Connect the Classroom programme?
Connect the Classroom is a government-funded programme from the Department for Education which runs until 2025. It offers funding to selected UK schools to help them upgrade their wireless network to Wi-Fi 6 technology. To apply for funding, schools must meet the Government's eligibility criteria.
Funding can only be spent on solutions which meet the standards for wireless networks laid out by the DfE in their guidance "Meeting Digital and Technology Standards in Schools and Colleges". Our solutions make the grade.
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Keep supplier relationships simple. We’re a single, experienced education partner that can service almost all of your technology needs.
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We provide everything from rock-solid connectivity, to devices and IT hardware, to security that's built for education.
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Things you need to know
- Site survey is available to UK schools and colleges only and is offered subject to availability. The site survey is chargeable, and the cost will vary according to the physical make up of your school or college campus. We will advise you fully of the cost so you can decide whether to proceed. If you'd like to go ahead with the site survey, you'll need to raise a purchase order which we will invoice against once the site survey is complete. If after this you place an order with BT for the deployment of a wireless LAN solution, worth £5000 ex VAT or more, within 180 days of the site survey invoice date, we'll deduct the cost of the site survey from your final bill.
- Learn more about Wi-Fi 6 and how it compares to previous standards here: https://www.cisco.com/c/en_uk/products/collateral/wireless/nb-06-preparing-for-wifi-6-ebook-cte-en.html
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