Expert IT Consultancy for Schools and Growing MATs.

Digital Transformation & Consultancy

From Vision to Impact— Makes IT Work for School Success

IT Audits & Infrastructure Reviews

We review your current IT devices, networks, policies to highlight strengths, gaps.

Technology Roadmap Development

We create a tailored multi year tech roadmap prioritising upgrades, cloud, and security.

Budgeting & Cost Optimisation

We help schools save and scale through smarter budgeting, licensing, and device planning.

Vendor Evaluation & Solution Matching

We guide you to pick compatible, future tech that fits your school.

Policy & Governance Advisory

We help schools set clear IT policies and put in place the technical controls that support your duties under UK GDPR, the DfE digital and technology standards, and Keeping Children Safe in Education (2026). Responsibility for safeguarding remains with the school.

Leadership Coaching & IT Team Support

We support school leaders and IT staff with strategic coaching, change management, and upskilling plans.

Schools advised on scalable IT strategies

Increase in IT budget efficiency through smarter procurement, licensing, & cloud adoption

Strategic plans aligned with curriculum delivery, safety, and accessibility goals

Tech roadmaps designed for continuous digital transformation

Audit-led decision making that supports accountability and transparency

Benefits

Digital Transformation & Consultancy for Schools

Transform your school's technology from reactive to strategic. Cnetso partners with leadership teams to develop clear, data-driven IT roadmaps that align with your vision for teaching, learning, and operational excellence.

For governors and trustees

Technology decisions your board can stand behind

The DfE expects a named senior leader to own digital technology, a digital strategy that is reviewed each year, and a governing body or trust board that supports and challenges the decisions behind it. Those roles sit inside the school. Our job is to give the people holding them something solid to work from.

Reporting a board can read

Plain-English papers for governors and trustees, rather than a technical dashboard they have to interpret.

A standards position, not an opinion

Where the school or trust stands against the DfE digital and technology standards, with the gaps ranked.

A costed roadmap

What needs doing, in what order, and what it is likely to cost — so technology can be planned alongside the budget.

Evidence for the annual review

The records your senior leadership team and DSL need when filtering and monitoring provision is reviewed.

Five questions a governing body or trust board should be able to answer

Where are we against the DfE digital and technology standards, and what is the plan to close the gap?
What is our cyber risk, what controls are in place, and how quickly could we recover?
Is filtering and monitoring reviewed every academic year, and who signed it off?
What are we spending on technology, and what are we getting for it?
What happens to teaching and to safeguarding if a key system is unavailable?

If any of these is hard to answer today, that is usually where we start.