Benton Park
When Benton Park School needed to overhaul its outdated classroom AV technology, our reputation won us the work. In all, we supplied 90 Clevertouch screens over two sites, signalling a major upgrade and a significant reduction in energy consumption for this large West Yorkshire comprehensive.
Under the watchful eye of IT Head, Jack Garratt, the school trialled a number of different interactive screen products, hoping to find a suitable system to replace its outdated, unreliable and energy-hungry projectors. In the end, Jack and his team opted for the renowned Clevertouch system, which emerged as clear winners after the two-week test run.
The school also takes advantage of Clevertouch Live technology for digital signage, and this proved an essential way of communicating with – and uniting – the school during the Covid pandemic. For example, without risking pupil safety, the entire school was able to mark Remembrance Day together, using a live broadcast distributed through the screens.
The system has also proved exceptionally reliable since installation, and teachers are enjoying the fact that they perform consistently and flawlessly time after time.
The pupils’ learning experience has also benefitted, with Clevertouch’s versatility and next-generation software opening up exciting new creative options in terms of what’s possible in the classroom. Again, this has a positive knock-on effect for teaching staff as well as helping to keep students more alert and engaged.
With state-of-the-art hardware and software at its core, it was clear that this system offered a level of future-proofing no other comparable system could match.
It wasn’t just the Clevertouch product itself that won over Jack and his colleagues at Benton Park. Our relationship with them has also been central to this project’s success. Jack himself has called on our services a number of times over a period of nearly a decade now, already having commissioned our help while in two previous education-based roles. His earlier positive experiences with us had given him the confidence to trust us once again.
Jack explained, “I’ve always had a smooth relationship with IDNS and found their prices fair too. It’s also reassuring that in the eight years we’ve worked together, I’ve only had to deal with two different account managers there. It seems like a small detail, but it speaks volumes about their business and has made working with them even easier. That’s always a good thing!”
