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DfE digital standards & IT Guidance for Schools, in plain English

Written for business managers, SLT digital leads and governors who want straight answers on cyber security, filtering, broadband and the rest of the DfE's 2030 standards — including when the honest answer is that nothing needs replacing.

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30 September 2026

Getting Compliant: The Network Boxes Nobody Notices Until Something Stops

Before replacing anything, find out what you have, whether it’s still supported, and what else stops if one of them fails.

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30 September 2026

Getting Compliant: Is Your School WiFi Good Where People Actually Need It?

A signal that’s fine in the office tells you very little about the exam hall. Evidence beats assumption, and newer isn’t automatically better.

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30 September 2026

Getting Compliant: Your Broadband Is Working. But What Happens When It Stops?

Everyone asks how fast it is. Almost nobody asks what happens at nine in the morning when it stops.

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30 September 2026

Getting Compliant: Know Who Owns School Technology, and What You Actually Have

Not who fixes the laptops, who decides. Name that person, write down what you own, and most of this standard follows.

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30 September 2026

Getting Compliant: Filtering and Monitoring Without Assuming the System Is Still Right

Buying the software was the easy part. The question is whether the setup still matches how your pupils actually use devices today.

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30 September 2026

Make MFA Stronger: Because the Account Is Only the Route to What They Really Want

An attacker doesn’t want your login. They want what the login reaches, and the trust that comes with your name on the email.

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30 September 2026

The Network Switch Nobody Thinks About, Until It Takes Down Half the School

Your phones, CCTV and door entry probably run through the same box as your wifi. Most people couldn’t tell you where it is.

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30 September 2026

Why Your School Wifi Slows Down When Every Classroom Logs On at Once

A speed test from the office at 8am will always look fine. The real test is thirty devices in every classroom, all connecting within the same two minutes.

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30 September 2026

What the DfE Requires for Broadband Internet, and Why It Matters

Speed is the part everyone quotes you on. Resilience is the part that matters on the one day your connection goes down.

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30 September 2026

What the DfE Requires for Digital Leadership and Governance, and Why It Matters

The standard the other five quietly depend on. It starts with naming one person, and most schools have more of it in place than they think.

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30 September 2026

What the DfE Requires for Filtering and Monitoring, and Why It Matters

Two different jobs, often bought as one thing. Here’s what the standard expects of each, and why the annual review matters more than the technology.

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30 September 2026

Why Phishing, Not Firewalls, Is Your School's Biggest Cyber Risk

Most school breaches don’t start with someone breaking through a firewall. They start with a member of staff signing in on a page that looked real.

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30 September 2026

Your school phones probably still work. That doesn’t mean they’re working for you.

Read on to understand what a trusted partner delivers and why.

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