IT Support for Schools & Education in Geelong
GravIT supports independent schools, kinders and training organisations around Geelong: staff and student device fleets managed properly, education licensing priced the way Microsoft intends, and the duty of care around both taken seriously.
What usually hurts
- Device fleets bigger than the staff list: student and loan devices that all need accounts, filtering and patching
- A duty of care that follows the devices home, with parents and regulators expecting more than a firewall
- Licensing that quietly costs commercial rates when education pricing exists for the same products
- One part-time IT coordinator wearing three hats, and terms that start whether the systems are ready or not
How GravIT helps schools and education providers
- Microsoft education licensing done properly: academic plans like Office 365 A3 and A5 faculty pricing that we already provision, through our licensing service
- Staff and student fleets centrally managed, with identity, filtering and patching from one place, with access control that matches roles
- Security and backups that stand up to the questions school councils and assessors actually ask
- Same-day on-site across the region, timed around terms rather than our convenience, and early learning is next door to this work, so we know the younger end too
Usually starts with
Frequently asked questions
Do you work with government schools?
Government schools are largely looked after by the department. Where we help is everywhere the department does not reach: independent and faith-based schools, kinders, and registered training organisations.
Do you support student management systems for training organisations?
Yes. VETtrak, Wisenet, aXcelerate and RTOPilot are the ones we see most across the RTOs we work with. We look after the environment underneath them (sign in, devices, network and the reporting exports your compliance depends on) and deal with the vendor when a problem sits on their side.
Can you manage student devices as well as staff machines?
Yes. Student fleets are managed centrally (enrolment, filtering, updates and app control), so a device handed to a twelve-year-old behaves like it was handed to a twelve-year-old.
Is education pricing real, or a gimmick?
Real. Microsoft prices academic plans well below the commercial equivalents (we provision Office 365 education plans today), and part of our job is making sure you are not paying business rates for something your status entitles you to get for less.
Tell us the problem first
Call us and describe the problem in plain English. We will tell you what is actually worth doing.