Like many schools, Churchdown Village Infant School has dramatically changed the way its pupils learn thanks to developments in IT. High-tech smartboards have replaced blackboards and children use laptops alongside paper notebooks for their projects.
Piandi have been the guiding hand through these changes, not just in terms of the equipment installed but in the flexible and first class support they provide . They were recommended to headteacher Mrs Katherine Rayers when she visited another local school to see an impressive new IT suite. Piandi were the team behind that project and have been helping the pupils and staff at Churchdown Village Infant School realise their potential ever since. They are responsible for all the IT services that can’t be managed in-house.
Major improvements include the installation of wireless, the move from PCs to laptops and the installation of a back up system, updating and support for the curriculum server,.
School administrator Mrs Lesley Sellars has confidence in Piandi to provide the best possible IT services for the school:
“Piandi appreciate that when we call them and say we need them today that really does mean today. If we have an IT issue absolutely everything grinds to a halt because not only do the pupils use computers for lots of their work the teachers depend on smartboards to access their information, plans and teach their lessons. Piandi are always quick to respond to our problems.”
She also felt that the school benefited massively from Piandi’s charging structure. Their yearly contract is based on 12 monthly instalments with set minutes, and any that are not used in a month can be rolled over to the next. This provides the perfect solution for organisations with variable service needs.
“Piandi are easily available on the phone with very pleasant staff who always take our problems seriously. They now explain everything to our IT coordinator and back up everything they do with all the appropriate paperwork. We’ve yet to find anyone better,” said Lesley.