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School Two Way Radios
From the school playground to the school office. No ringing and no waiting for an answer, school two way radios allow instant communications.
Two way radios enable group conversations with an unlimited number of users, while also offering the option for private "one-to-one" calls when necessary.
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Two Way Radios For Schools
Two Way Radios are absolutely essential for most schools to be H&S; compliant with lone-workers and for incident management. Here's just some of what two way radios are used for in schools.
- Health & Safety
- Incident Management
- Lone Working Teachers, Cleaners & Caretaker
- Office to Teacher Communications
- Office to Headteacher Communications
- Headteacher to Teacher Communications
- Emergency Evacuation
- School Trips
Two way radios allow the teacher to effectively manage the risk and call for assistance without delay if an incident occurs.
School Health & Safety (Including Evacuation)
Instant communications is absolutely essential in the event of an incident. Whether that be a medical incident or something more serious that requires immediate evacuation, two way radios (or walkie talkies) almost certainly provide the correct solution.
Unlike a mobile phone, where there is a delay in the ring/answering period (up to a minute), two way radios (or walkie talkies) make communication instant. That results in no time delay incidents which are time critical such as fire evacuation.
Two way radios are recognised as the preferred method of instant communication by almost all health & safety recognised bodies including the Health & Safety Executive itself.
Two way radios (or walkie talkies) allow communication between all team members including all leadership, office, admin and cleaners in a single channel or multiple channels. This ensures effective communications between different teams as required.
Did you know? Two way radios are recognised as the preferred method of instant communication by almost all health & safety recognised bodies...
Two Way Radios For Teachers
Due to the nature of how schools operate, schools have an unusually high number of team members who work alone. Typically, teachers are lone workers. Teachers who work with children are still considered lone workers. And as such every employer is ultimately responsible for the safety of the members of their team. Here's some of the things which need to be considered.
- Risk of Violence
- Risk of Manual Handling
- Risk of Medical Incident
- Evacuation Procedure
Two way radios (or walkie talkies) allows the teacher to effectively manage the risk and call for assistance without delay as soon as an incident starts.
Two Way Radios For School Trips
Two way radios are essential on school trips. When there's a number of children and a limited number of grown ups, keeping track can be a tricky exercise. Using two way radios simplifies this.
Typically, school trips are broken down with different groups doing different things. This means groups split up. Two way radios keep separate groups in touch.
But What's The Range?
That depends on whether you choose licensed or licence exempt school two way radios. Typically, a licence exempt radio will only give you around 500 meters, and less indoors. Whereas a licensed radio will give you up to a mile of coverage in open spaces (less in built-up areas).
See our "Licence Exempt Vs Licensed" section below for more info on why you should choose licensed school two way radios over licence-exempt school two way radios.
Licence Exempt vs Licensed Two Way Radios
Should you choose licensed or licence-exempt two way radios?
Almost every time the word licence is mentioned, schools run a mile. This is because schools associate the word licence with paperwork. The reality is that Radiotronics takes care of all two-way radio licensing paperwork and even then the licence is once every 5 years, and costs just £15 per year (paid as £75 for 5-years) for totally unlimited radios. Licensed two way radios cost almost the same as licence-exempt to buy, but with a number of significant improvements including audio quality and range.
Licensed School Two Way Radio Benefits
- £15 Per Year Site Licence (Unlimited Radios)
- More Robust & Durable - Lasts Longer
- Vastly Improved Range - For Medium to Large Schools
- Vastly Improved Audio Quality - Louder & Clearer
- Emergency Features - One Button Emergency Switch
- Lone Worker & Man Down Options
- Extended Battery Life - High Capacity Batteries Available
- Many More - Ask When You Call
As you can see, licensed school two way radios are much better and have many more benefits. To ensure you select the correct solution, start as you mean to continue, with licensed two way radios.
Licensed Two Way Radios
These are the most popular licensed two way radios with our clients...
Licensed two way radios allow maximum possible range with better audio quality, build quality, ruggedability and longevity when compared to licence exempt two way radios. Choose licensed two way radios for a future-proof two way radio communications solution.
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Licence Exempt Two Way Radios
These are the most popular licence free two way radios with our clients...
Licence-exempt two-way radios are only suitable for very short range communications, less than 500m. Nevertheless, licence free radios are ideal for small teams working in small buildings at close proximity.
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Two Way Radio Brands
Radiotronics UK only sells two way radios from brands you've heard of...
Radiotronics UK does not recommend buying radios by unknown brands as availability of accessories in future is unpredictable.
You're In Good Company...
Radiotronics supplies all types of schools, colleges or universities.
How Do I Order?
Flexible payment terms for schools, colleges & universities...
Tip: Did you know that Radiotronics UK automatically grants purchase order terms to all schools and academies. There is no application required.
If you'd like to buy two way radios, we've made ordering from Radiotronics UK really simple. We have made a selection of radios that are absolutely ideal for schools. You can see these below. If you'd like to place an order. You can do so online and simply select "Trade Account / Purchase Order" as the payment method. If you're buying licensed radios, don't forget to buy the Simple Site Licence too.
With no upfront costs your school can inexpensively rent two way radios long term, call 0345 0 955 951 or email sales@radiotronics.co.uk and ask about our School Two Way Radio Rental.
But I'm Not Too Sure What I Want, Can I Just Talk To Someone? Of course. Speak to our education specialist account managers by calling 0345 0 955 951 or email sales@radiotronics.co.uk and ask about our School Two Way Radios.