One old device can support more than you realise.
If it failed tomorrow, what would stop working?
Before the next budget round, map those dependencies and plan recovery.

One old device can support more than you realise.
If it failed tomorrow, what would stop working?
Before the next budget round, map those dependencies and plan recovery.
Work experience for pupils, digital skills for families and refurbished devices for communities. School ICT contracts can offer all three.
Our latest blog shares ways to agree and track social value commitments with suppliers.
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Preparing a device refresh business case?
We’ve brought together the evidence, costs, risks and options to cover, along with likely board questions and a checklist to use before submission.
Read more: everythingict.org/what-to-incl...
Your school’s responsibility for an old device doesn’t end when it leaves the building.
Secure sanitisation, reuse and WEEE-compliant recycling protect data and keep usable devices in circulation.
Read the guide: everythingict.org/refurbished-...
Summer works can affect school networks once classrooms fill up.
Check cabling, cabinets, access points, filtering profiles, bandwidth, Wi-Fi capacity and alerts.
DfE guidance also flags dynamic, personalised and AI-generated content.
Check now, not when something breaks.