Security for Auckland schools and education

• Lockdown
• Visitor management
• After-hours access

What a school security system needs to do

A school is a busy, open site for six hours a day and an empty one for the rest. The system has to keep the front office in control of who comes in during the day, let staff, cleaners and community users in after hours without handing out keys, and make it simple to secure the whole campus in a hurry.

• Controlled single point of entry. A video intercom and electric lock at reception so visitors are seen, signed in and let through from the office.
• Lockdown from one place. Access control that can lock every controlled door from the office, a phone app or a duress button, set up around your school's own lockdown procedure. Doors on escape routes must still release for evacuation (see our escape route doors guide).
• After-hours access by schedule. Cards or mobile credentials for staff, cleaners, contractors and halls hired out to the community, each with their own times and doors, and an audit trail of who came in.
• CCTV where it earns its keep. Gates, car parks, bike sheds and the back of the gym, where vandalism and break-ins happen, set up to fit the Privacy Act.
• Alarms that suit the campus. Intruder alarm areas by block, so one building can be armed while the hall is in use.

Working on an occupied campus

We plan noisy work and door changeovers around the school day and holidays, keep doors secure at the end of every shift, and agree a programme with your property manager or principal before we start. Upgrades can be staged block by block so you are never without a working system.

Budgets and staged upgrades

Many schools already have a mix of systems from different contractors. A security audit shows what can be kept, and a staged plan spreads the cost over several budget years. Every stage is documented with as-builts so the next stage, or the next contractor, starts from accurate records.

Common questions