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A remarkable school
TTS is unique in several ways. It has not one, 
but several deputy head teachers; makes daily 
broadcasts to each classroom in place of daily 
assemblies; has electronic whiteboards in every 
classroom; and lessons last three hours. The 
interactive technology used in the classroom allows 
for teachers to deliver three hour lessons without 
losing the interest of the students. Moreover, the 
school generates funds by selling its online curriculum 
content, to over 1,000 schools, reaching one million 
students nationally.

 A recent Ofsted report described TTS as outstanding 
in all categories and stated: “Thomas Telford is 
a remarkable school. Students excel and make 
exceptional progress, both academically and 
personally.” 

Increasing service demand and limited space 
TTS has long been at the forefront of IT 
for educational purposes. Five racks in the 
communications room contain appropriate 
networking, systems, audio-visual and security 
hardware. A Local Area Network (LAN) delivers 
services to numerous learning centres, resource 

areas, study rooms and laboratories as well as 
the library, a technology centre, the school’s 
administration offices and a state of the art fitness 
centre. There are 520 computers and 67 electronic 
whiteboards connected to the network, all with 
internet access.

Traditionally, TTS has employed HP server and 
storage devices to populate its system racks 
including HP ProLiant servers, HP StorageWorks 
Modular Smart Arrays and, for tape backup, an HP 
StorageWorks MSL 5000 Tape Library. Backing up 
all the school’s teaching and administration data 
is essential to minimise disruption to the students’ 
lessons, maximising their learning experience. 
Equally, it protects important online curriculum 
content, a major revenue-generating stream. 

However, to support key activities at all sites as 
demand for services grew and data volumes 
increased, the school decided to consolidate its 
server estate, initiate a virtualisation strategy and 
introduce more advanced storage technology. 

“We have a continued desire to move the existing 
technology forward and maintain Thomas Telford‘s 

“Through consolidation and virtualisation, 

we address the problems of limited space for 

future expansion and any potential power 

constraints. We needed a highly reliable 

infrastructure to maintain excellent educational 

standards and deliver effective services.”
Robert Cullen, IT director, Thomas Telford 

School, UK

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