Lane International Ltd is a specialist IT consultancy for independent schools and colleges in the UK and overseas

Advisory service to Management Teams

Senior Management find this service invaluable. It is by far our most popular service as it gives quick, unfettered access to impartial, specialist advice. We are regularly joining governors, senior teams and individual meetings to help with IT strategy and many other issues. Because we have been helping the independent sector for over 25 years we can translate the IT language into simple English and this helps senior managers understand some of the more complex issues more easily.

We have had considerable experience in working with management teams to define their IT strategy and to work with them in creating an effective project management plan for their strategy.

Specialist Software Support

The software estate in schools is becoming ever more complex. Managing these software solutions is also becoming more of a challenge especially if you want them to interact with each other.

We have specialists who have worked with the many of the key software solutions and are extremely adept at ensuring that they integrate successfully. In addition, it's often the case that schools don't have the technical expertise to manage all of these solutions so we offer an online support to allow you to keep all of your databases working properly and that your data is secure and up to date.

Project Management

From simple, short IT projects to major network and systems upgrades, we have worked with schools and colleges both large and small. Again, senior managers are grateful to know that they have the services of an experienced, impartial project manager. We can help set up new projects, review current projects particularly focusing on project costs, we will monitor projects to keep them on track and we will engage with 3rd parties to ensure that the services they are providing are appropriate and cost effective for the organisation's needs.

IT Recruitment

We have worked with hundreds of schools and colleges over the last 25 years helping them recruit the right IT staff. The advent of Teams and Zoom has revolutionised the way that we recruit and many interviews are now conducted this way. Again, this can significantly reduce the cost of recruitment to the school and we find that schools enjoy the quick, seamless process of using our recruitment service to help with this. We don't charge a percentage of first year salary just a simple one-off cost so please do get in touch to see how we can help.