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Security systems for schools & nurseries
Safe gates, known visitors and clear announcements.
Schools need to control who comes through the gate at drop-off and pick-up, protect children without putting cameras where they shouldn't be, and reach everyone with announcements. We plan with the school's safeguarding lead, not around them.
A typical system
What we'd usually install
- Video intercom and access control at the main gate and reception
- Cameras on gates, car park, corridors and playgrounds
- No cameras in toilets, changing or medical rooms
- PA with scheduled bells and zoned announcements
- Biometric attendance for staff
- A barrier at the staff car park
What matters
What matters for schools & nurseries
Gate and reception
A video intercom and access control so visitors are seen and recorded before they're let in.
Drop-off and pick-up
Cameras covering gates and the car park at the busiest, most confusing times of day.
Announcements
PA with scheduled bells and live announcements to one building or the whole campus.
Staff attendance
Biometric clock-ins for teaching and support staff.
The systems
What we install for schools & nurseries
SIRA
SIRA and your premises
Educational facilities have their own chapter in SIRA's Preventive Systems Manual (2025), with separate requirements for nurseries and kindergartens, schools, and universities. For a school they include cameras at the entrances in identification view, at reception and washroom entrances in recognition view, and in corridors, classrooms and around the perimeter in detection view, plus number-plate recognition, 24-hour security guards and SIRA's approved system-health monitoring service.
Camera placement is also shaped by child safeguarding — we plan it with your safeguarding lead. Read the manual.
Maintenance
Keeping it working
Every one of our AMC plans includes at least four preventive visits a year — the minimum SIRA's manual sets for regulated establishments.
Compare AMC plans →Questions
Common questions
Yes — a scheduled PA plays bell tones and pre-recorded messages on a timetable, with live announcements from the office.
Let's plan yours.
Book a free survey and we'll design a system around your property — not a package off a shelf.