Phone Systems
For Schools and Education
We can provide fully featured & tailored business telephone systems for Schools and Education
Multi award-winning phone systems for School, Colleges, Libraries and Universities
Keeping the parents, teachers and students connected.
Communication and collaboration are essential for student learning, which is why we offer a wide range of phone systems for the education sector.
Our telecoms provide the best platform for schools to connect through voice, chat, and video – whether on desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
Education phone systems that are right for you.
Whether education means schools, a community college or a major university, we have solutions to keep staff and students connected.
We can tailor your telecommunications solution to your school’s goals. Let us provide services that focus on affordability, collaboration and security.
Safeguarding for schools when calling students
Most children are being educated at home during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, so school leaders and teachers are having to adjust to remote education strategies. While this is happening, it is important that schools continue to follow safeguarding procedures.
Keeping teachers safe when providing remote education is also essential. Remote education is a new experience for both staff and pupils, so it’s important that schools understand how to approach safeguarding procedures online.
Our innovative telecoms solutions provide enhanced school safety and empower immediate response of on-site personnel with a robust set of communication. We offer best in class safeguarding solution to let you act quickly on critical emergencies.
Automated Absence Notification
We offer an automated absence notification system that sends a report to the school's email address when a parent leaves a message on the IVR system. This feature ensures timely and efficient communication between parents and the school.
School Holiday Closed Message
We provide a convenient service to create and upload seasonal closed messages, such as Summer and Christmas holidays, on behalf of our school. This allows for easy management of ongoing requests and future updates.
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Enhance Your School’s Communication with EdTech Pro Integration
Revolutionize your school’s communication with The VoIP Shop’s advanced phone systems, now integrated with EdTech Pro. This powerful combination offers seamless connectivity with your school’s MIS (Management Information System),
making communication faster, safer, and more efficient.
Attendance Logged in Seconds
When a call is received, EdTech Pro instantly identifies the caller and displays their relationship with the student. With the intuitive "Log Attendance" feature, staff can easily mark attendance for a student’s family within seconds—saving time and reducing manual errors.
Call History at Your Fingertips
Never lose track of conversations again. EdTech Pro provides a detailed call history for every caller, including call dates, times, durations, and staff notes. This ensures seamless follow-ups and keeps all communication records easily accessible.
Integrated Caller Information
By linking The VoIP Shop’s 3CX phone systems with your school’s MIS, staff can instantly identify callers by name and access vital information, such as safeguarding notes, linked students, and more. This ensures informed communication and enhances safety protocols.
Ready to Transform Your School Communication?
Contact The VoIP Shop
today to learn more about how our school phone systems, integrated with EdTech Pro, can streamline your school’s communication and administration processes.
What features does the School MIS and Phone System Integration offer?
MIS & Business Caller Identification

Cloud MIS Screen Pop-up
Attendance Logged in Seconds
CPOMS Automation
Caller History
Notify Staff of Call
Portal Lite
Ideal for schools using cloud-based MIS systems that support our "Open Profile in MIS" feature.
£300 (Primary Schools) and
£350 (Secondary Schools) / Annually
Includes
Portal Pro
Designed for schools with desktop-based MIS systems, where profiles need to be manually searched to log attendance.
£450 (Primary Schools) and
£500 (Secondary Schools) / Annually
Everything in Portal Lite
Screen Pop-Up
When a call is received, an intuitive screen pop-up provides key details about the caller, including their relationship with the school and complete call history. Safeguarding information, such as any active court orders involving the caller and a child at the school, is also displayed for added security.
Attendance Writeback
Portal Pro streamlines attendance management by offering direct writeback to your school’s MIS. It supports both session (AM/PM) and lesson-specific attendance, ensuring a seamless and efficient first-day calling process.
Safeguarding Alerts
For enhanced safety, any active court orders linked to a caller are prominently displayed on the screen pop-up. This ensures staff are informed and can act in compliance with safeguarding protocols.
Access to MIS Profiles
From the screen pop-up, Portal allows instant access to your cloud-based MIS. This feature ensures staff can view additional details about students, guardians, and safeguarding information without switching between systems.
Display your school main phone number caller ID from any location
Desktop app
The VoipShop for Desktop app turns any computer into an all-in-one communication hub completely synced to the office network so your staff can communicate with colleagues and students anywhere there’s a broadband connection, increasing their responsiveness. The desktop app lives on your computer desktop and gives you access to the call handling power from a desk phone combined with the modern ways you communicate today, like conferencing and web meetings—so everyone can stay connected with less devices to worry about.
Truly Mobile Ready - Mobile Calling app
Enhanced collaboration
The VoIP Shop: DfE Standards Approved LEASED LINE Fibre + Backup Broadband + Security Package
Is your school aligned with the Department for Education’s (DfE) broadband standards?
The DfE’s 2024 guidance ensures schools have high-speed, resilient, and secure internet to support digital learning. The VoIP Shop provides a DfE-compliant Leased Line Fibre + Backup Broadband + Security Package, designed to meet these standards efficiently and affordably.
Full Fibre Connection
Reliable, high-speed internet is essential. Our leased line fibre solutions provide:
- Ultra-fast speeds to support online learning.
- Scalable connectivity for future digital growth.
Backup Broadband
Avoid internet disruptions with a failover connection:
- Automatic switch-over ensures continuous service.
- Flexible backup options tailored for schools.
Security & Safeguarding
Protect students and staff with advanced filtering and cybersecurity:

- Web filtering & firewalls to block harmful content.
- Cybersecurity audits for compliance and safety.
Smoothwall Content Filtering & Security with The VoIP Shop’s
School Phone System Integration
The VoIP Shop provides Smoothwall Content Filtering and Security to ensure a safe and compliant digital environment for schools. Smoothwall’s advanced web filtering technology protects students and staff by:
- Real-time content filtering to block harmful and inappropriate material.
- Comprehensive monitoring and reporting to detect potential risks.
- Customizable filtering policies tailored to school requirements.

Integrated with our school phone systems, Smoothwall enhances online safety and compliance with DfE standards. Ensure a secure learning environment—contact The VoIP Shop today!
What our customers
say
We treat every school’s experience as unique. Taking the time to understand your key motivations and to make sure we match your needs. Don’t just take our word for it. Read what some of our customers have to say
Always there to help our businesses. Even when our outgoing provider had difficulties due to the current situation, the team at The Voip Shop worked tirelessly until the problems were resolved. Glad we made the switch.
We would highly recommend the VOIP shop for your telephony requirements. The VOIP shop provided Madani Schools with a quick solution during lockdown which allowed teacher to remotely contact pupils ensuring our privacy / safeguarding needs were met. at all times.
A solid all-round Voip Company and thoroughly deserved of 5 star. Cost effective hardware & software, amazing customer service and always able to get solutions to us fast if we're in a pinch. Our company joined The Voip Shop in March 2020 and even in extreme circumstances they have remained dependable throughout.
We have been with The Voip Shop about 6 months and I cant fault them. From day 1, AJ who we have dealt with has been more than helpful, always on the end of the phone if we need help or advice with something. Phone service is running great with very reasonable phone plans also. Would highly recommend these folks
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FAQs
Answers to some of our most commonly asked Phone System for School questions…
