VOIP for Schools

Reliable, school-ready communications that help keep your staff, pupils and parents connected.

For a busy school office, every call matters.

Whether it’s a parent reporting an absence, an urgent safeguarding matter or simply getting a caller to the right member of staff, your phone system needs to make communication easier.

Con Ed delivers VOIP designed specifically around the needs of schools.

You benefit from specialist education telephony technology, backed by a Con Ed team that understands your school, your network and the pressures your staff face every day.

Planning Ahead

Is Your School Ready for the Move Away from Traditional Phone Lines?

The UK’s traditional telephone network is being retired, meaning schools that still use older analogue phone services will need to switch to modern, internet-based alternatives.

But moving to VOIP doesn’t mean changing the school telephone number that parents, staff and your local community already know.

36 out of 36 schools we’ve moved to VOIP have kept their existing telephone number.

Speak to us about keeping your existing telephone number while moving to a modern VOIP phone system.

And rather than simply replacing an old phone line, it’s an opportunity to improve how your school communicates. VOIP can provide greater flexibility, better integration with the systems your staff already use, and additional features designed to safeguard and support school-wide communication.

We’ll Make the Move Simpler

We’ll help you understand what your school needs, plan the move and manage the transition to your new phone system, while minimising disruption.

We’ll configure the system around the way your school works and help keep your communications running smoothly throughout the transition.

You get specialist VOIP technology designed for education, with the reassurance of a Con Ed team that understands your school’s wider IT.

Why Con Ed

Why Schools Choose VOIP from Con Ed

🏫 Designed Around Your School Schools communicate differently from other organisations. Our solution is built around a specialist education telephony platform, bringing everyday communications together in one flexible system.

🤝 One Trusted Technology Partner If Con Ed already supports your school’s IT, you don’t need another technology relationship to manage. Your phone system works alongside the technology we already support.

🔔 Communication That Supports Safeguarding Built-in security and lockdown alerts and school-wide paging help your school communicate quickly when it matters most, across the premises and to every classroom.

📈 Flexible as Your School Changes Licences and extensions can be added or removed without having to replace an entire phone system. Whether you’re supporting one school, a federation or a growing trust, your communications can adapt with you.

💬 Better Information for Your Office Team Integration with compatible school MIS platforms can display caller information when a call comes in. That can mean less time searching for information and a more informed response to parents and carers.

📊 Visibility of Your Calls Detailed call reporting can help your team identify missed and unreturned calls and understand call activity across the school.

What’s Included

Your Complete VOIP and IT Solution Provider

VOIP from Con Ed brings together the everyday features your office needs with communication tools designed specifically for education.

Handsets supplied, installed and configured
Keep your existing school telephone number
Flexible call routing and voicemail
Extensions configured around your school
School-wide paging
Built-in security and lockdown alerts
Call recording and reporting
Microsoft Teams integration
Integration with school systems including Arbor, Bromcom, CPOMS and Wonde
Caller information displayed from your MIS to help office staff identify callers
Flexible education-specific licensing
Installation, configuration and ongoing support

The result is a phone system that doesn’t just replace your existing phones. It helps your school communicate more effectively.

Con Ed has been helping schools get more from their technology since 1999. We combine our knowledge of school IT with telephony technology designed specifically for education.

At A Glance

Why It Matters to School Leaders

A modern school phone system should reduce complexity while improving communication across your school.

Traditional Phone System	VOIP from Con Ed
Separate IT and telecoms relationships	Con Ed handles both
Ageing telephone infrastructure	Modern cloud-based technology
Basic calling functionality	Communications designed around the needs of schools
Limited flexibility	Add or remove licences as your requirements change
Separate systems and information	Integration with MIS, CPOMS and Microsoft Teams
Limited site-wide communication	Paging and built-in security and lockdown alerts
Difficult to understand missed-call activity	Call recording and reporting tools
Difficult and costly to expand	Scales with your school, federation or trust

Less complexity for your team. Better communication across your school.

Get in Touch

Is Your Current Phone System Still Right for Your School?

If your school is still relying on traditional phone lines, now is a good time to review what you have in place. Talk to Con Ed about your current phone system and we’ll help you understand what needs to change and whether VOIP could give your school a simpler, safer and more flexible way to stay connected.

Ask about VOIP for your school