Education Digital Standards and guidance
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The Education Digital Standards will assist schools to understand, manage and implement their digital environment, by themselves or with their Education Technology Support Partner. The Standards also provide guidance on how schools should future-proof their digital environment to meet the needs of a more digitally focused school curriculum.
The Standards are envisaged as a best practice solution for schools to meet their digital needs. However, it is accepted that schools are operating on limited resources and have to plan for attaining the Standards over time.
Your local authority can provide you with advice and guidance on how you can meet these Standards.
All infrastructure work undertaken to meet the Standards should be carefully considered and planned; procured in compliance with national procurement regulations and installed by professional organisations.
Standards
- Network and data security
Standards and technical considerations for all aspects of networking and data security
- Connectivity (broadband standards)
Considerations and requirements to meet school connectivity needs
- Data network cabinet standards
Network equipment management and maintenance including safety, security and sustainability
- Router and switches standards
Network equipment and capacity management for routers and switches in schools
- Cabling standards
Installing, maintaining and managing school network cabling
- Wireless networking standards
Effective installation, maintenance and acceptable use of wireless networking
- Device management standards
Considerations and technical approaches for managing devices across schools’ digital environments
- Telephony and VoIP standards
System management, network capacity and configuration for Telephony deployment in schools
- Web filtering standards
Responsibilities and key considerations when implementing web-filtering by category
Guidance
- Planning and management guidance
Guidance for schools on integrating IT and digital infrastructure into strategic school planning
- Bring your own device guidance
Guidance for schools considering a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiative
Documents
- Education Digital Standards: Excel version xlsx 56 Kb This file may not be accessible. If you need a more accessible version of this document please email digital@gov.wales. Please tell us the format you need. If you use assistive technology please tell us what this is