Case Studies

Growth Partner: R.E.A.L. Education

Scalable solutions that fueled East Midlands’ largest alternative education provider

R.E.A.L. Education provides tailored education for young people who need an alternative to mainstream school. From the start, Power Up IT has supported their expansion by introducing cloud-first systems, responsive support and scalable infrastructure. By removing day-to-day IT frustrations and speeding up issue resolution, we’ve helped staff stay productive and focused on learners – not on tech troubles.

Since our business inception the team at Power Up IT have worked in synergy with our organisation, complementing what we do whilst bringing their expertise to support our IT and infrastructure. The innovation and experience Power Up IT has brought has enabled us to develop and grow our business, whilst ensuring that our IT systems and processes are capable of meeting the demands. A solution-focused and customer-focused business who are a pleasure working with.

Richard Smith, Director and owner, R.E.A.L. Education

Cloud Migration: Oxfordshire Hospital School

Smarter systems, faster devices, seamless collaboration

Oxfordshire Hospital School (OHS) supports children and young people unable to attend school due to medical conditions. We’ve worked in long-term partnership to migrate their systems to Google Workspace, rolling out Chromebooks, cloud filtering, and intuitive shared drives. The result? Easier collaboration, quicker setup of secure devices, and a digital environment that truly works for remote and hospital-based learning.

“Their solution-focused approach has been a game-changer, providing tailored and responsive services that ensure our technology runs smoothly. Power Up’s team consistently delivers prompt and effective solutions, anticipating our needs and addressing challenges with professionalism and expertise. They have been instrumental in helping us create a seamless digital environment, and we greatly appreciate their commitment to supporting our school’s mission with their innovative and reliable IT services.”

Steve Lowe, Headteacher of Oxfordshire Hospital School

Reliable Support: William White Meats

Hands-on support and forward planning for a fast-paced food supplier

Technology is critical at WWM. Providing quality food, daily for tends of thousands of people in schools and hospitals means that technology needs to work seamlessly, ensuring that automation and processes work. The team at WWW use Power Up IT support desk and this means that their problems are quickly resolved by our friendly team. No one wants to wait for IT to be fixed whilst their workload piles up – so technicians at Power Up IT use remote support and access to quickly resolve issues.

Our monthly IT operations meetings with Director and owner Thomas White, ensure that Power Up IT staff are always pro-active, planning for future improvements and refresh programs well ahead of time. It allows for WWW to budget and financially plan for IT investments. Power UP IT feels like part of the WWM team – it’s a positive and proactive partnership that looks nothing like a break-fix service.

WWM staff know the Power Up technicians by name – this is about building relationships and fully understanding our customers needs. If you only feel that you speak to your IT support when things go wrong, we can show you how to benefit from genuine partnership and collaborative future planning with an IT partner who wants to build a relationship with you.

Innovation: Multimodal Literacy Programme

VR and AR transforming how students learn and engage

The Multimodal Literacy Programme helps young people boost reading and writing skills using immersive technology. We provide a safe, secure service desk for hundreds of users and support the design of virtual and augmented reality learning environments. From moon bases to mountain ranges, we’ve helped bring learning to life – and improve student motivation and outcomes.

“Due to the knowledge and skills of the Power Up IT team, we were able to provide our students with an immersive and interactive learning experience which took chosen texts to another level through VR.”

Dr Petula Bhojwani MA, PhD, Programme Lead

Security: Raedwald Trust

Raising standards and reducing risk across seven alternative provision schools

The Raedwald Trust supports learners in alternative settings across East Anglia. We helped their leadership achieve the Cyber Essentials accreditation, boosting confidence in their security systems and safeguarding their digital operations. Our backup support also ensures the ICT team can rely on us during staff absences – keeping systems running without disruption.

“The team provide such an invaluable service and resource for our Trust, their knowledge and experience enabled us to secure strong progress during our Cyber Security audit, going the extra mile and leading and supporting the Trust to achieve Cyber Accreditation. We know that we will continue to strive for, and achieve, continuous improvement with Power Up IT.”

Natalie Quinton CFO, Raedwald Trust

Your public image matters. Security incidents can dent customer confidence and impact on your brand image. We can support your organisation to audit and improve IT security. Let Power Up IT work with you to keep your organisation, staff and customers safe.

Installation Experts: St Peter’s Church, Harold Wood

Stronger Wi-Fi and better connectivity for a growing community hub

St Peter’s Church in Harold Wood offers worship, events and outreach services from multiple buildings. One of our first tasks was improving Wi-Fi coverage across the site. We designed and installed new switches and a robust Wi-Fi setup, dramatically improving speed and reliability – so the church could keep pace with the needs of its growing congregation and staff.

“Power Up IT are brilliant – they always work so hard to find the best solutions for us… they always make it easy for us to understand what they’re recommending and how they can help.”

Emily Agnew, Church Centre Manager, St Peter’s Church