What You Need To Know About School Gate Installation

As a responsible education provider, you’ll know that the safety and security of your staff and pupils are of paramount importance, whether you run a school, a college or any other form of educational establishment. What’s more, there are regulatory requirements governing access control and security in schools, and the findings of Ofsted inspections can be adversely affected if the inspectors judge that you haven’t adequately considered steps to ensure that pupils are kept safe while they are on your school’s site.

Additional concerns can be raised if the entry of visitors or volunteers is not monitored sufficiently, as well as if school buildings and grounds are left vulnerable to unauthorised access when the school is empty. And that’s not to mention the expense and inconvenience of dealing with damage and petty vandalism, which can all detract from your budget and the school’s reputation.

Other Benefits of School Security

Monitoring main points of entry and exit is also important in ensuring that pupils are where they should be. Access control via automatic gates can cut down on truancy levels by ensuring pupils cannot slip away unnoticed during the course of the school day. Additionally, they add to your ability to make certain that you know who is on site in the event of a fire or other emergency, when it’s important to be able to confirm that everyone is accounted for.

And finally, good quality school gates can not only enhance the visual appeal of your premises, they also act as a valuable deterrent, preventing even the prospect of opportunistic unauthorised entry.

How To Get Started

If you are considering automatic gate installation for your educational premises but are worried about the expense, it’s important to note that many manual gates already present can be retrofitted with automation systems. It may not cost as much as you think to upgrade and enhance your site’s security.

Contact a reputable firm of electric gate installers for a site survey and assessment of your existing arrangements. You are looking for a firm that not only specialises in automated gates, but also one that has a great deal of experience in dealing with schools and other educational establishments. While the safety legislation surrounding automated gates is necessarily stringent in any situation, it is even more important where children are primarily involved, so you need a team of experts to ensure all safety criteria are met or exceeded.

Ask the firm you choose not only about installation costs, but also about ongoing repairs, servicing and maintenance. This is vital in ensuring you have the support you need in future in case there’s a breakdown and otherwise, to keep your gate fully compliant with Health and Safety regulations over the longer term.

If you’re in Reading, Ascot, Maidenhead, or Windsor in Berkshire, or in any of the surrounding counties, you can do no better than to contact Site Services UK. We are specialists in automatic gates for schools, as well as residential and industrial security gates. We also offer full automatic gate repair and service programmes to keep all our installations performing just as they should in future years.