Achieving specialist Technology College status in 1997, Saint Wilfrid's Church of England High School and Technology College serves the entire Blackburn Diocese. Teaching children from the ages of eleven through to eighteen, the school firmly believes in creating an environment that will maximise both staff teaching methods, and each pupil's ability to learn, essentially, by providing a purposeful and safe environment. This ethos has recently been underlined with the installation of a Panasonic end-to-end IP CCTV surveillance solution, designed to protect the school's property and its patrons.
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Originally occupying an old mill building in the centre of Blackburn five years ago, the ageing school's structure was demolished and replaced with a purpose built facility. The brand new, state-of-the-art education centre was at the time, secured with a basic analogue CCTV installation, using a handful of cameras to cover key areas in some internal corridors. However, wear and tear on the system, developments in surveillance technology, and the expansion of the school's student numbers, led school management to look for a new CCTV solution. Roger Abell, Learning Environment Manager at St. Wilfrid's school takes up the story: "We knew we wanted the best solution we could get, and therefore wanted a recognisable brand name solution to invest in. Panasonic really impressed us with the clarity of images available from their end-to-end solution, and were able to give us a very convincing on-site demonstration of its capabilities. Suitably impressed with their technology, we were put in touch with installation company Clarion, a Panasonic Premier Integrator (PPI). Throughout the specification period, we were more than happy to deal with Clarion, as right from the start we were able to talk to them on a level we understood, without being blinded by any unfamiliar industry jargon."
Panasonic’s IP security cameras provide broad surveillance and increased safety at St Wilfrid’s School
20 Sep 2010
