GoTo Connect for Education provides centralised communication and admin capabilities to keep schools, universities & multi-academy trusts securely connected
GoTo, the leader in cloud communications and IT, today announced GoTo Connect for Education, a new, secure, all-in-one modern communications offering designed to keep school and university communities connected. GoTo Connect for Education brings calls, virtual classrooms, messaging, and safety alerts together in a single, easy-to-use application, helping educational institutions streamline operations and focus on delivering exceptional learning experiences.
“Ease of management is vital for our busy IT team,” says Steve Maycock, Head of Infrastructure and Security at Leigh Academies Trust. “GoTo Connect’s call-handling has the strongest administrative front-end of any system, allowing staff to easily set up and adapt.”
GoTo Connect for Education offers the following benefits:
- Streamlined communications: Unify phones, virtual classrooms, fax, messaging, safety alerts and more in a secure, all-in-one modern communications platform tailor-made for schools and universities.
- Safety features: Keep communities informed about safety issues with emergency calling and group paging notifications.
- Modernise systems: GoTo Connect integrates with legacy technologies like analogue paging, bell systems, and existing hardware phone systems, saving money while modernising the entire communication stack.
- Centralised admin portal: IT teams can easily manage users, locations, and licensing all from one place to minimise the burden on IT departments.
- Data protection & compliance: Ensure UK GDPR compliance with enterprise-grade security, encrypted communications, and configurable data retention policies. Built-in privacy controls and audit trails help schools and universities safeguard sensitive information and meet all data protection obligations.
- Future proof communications: Migrate smoothly from legacy systems with cloud-based telephony is ready for the 2027 PSTN switch-off.
- Gain budget certainty: Simplify billing with clear, predictable low pricing for the full suite, that meets school and public sector requirements with one trusted vendor, one simple contract, and no hidden fees or confusing tiers.
“Managing multiple, outdated communication systems is a challenge for schools and universities, often creating a complex IT environment. With GoTo Connect for Education, we’re giving teachers and administrators a single dashboard to oversee communications from individual schools all the way up to the entire district,” said Damon Covey, General Manager of UCC, GoTo. “GoTo Connect for Education takes out the guesswork and streamlines the buying process with straightforward pricing and a solution that can easily scale at no additional cost. GoTo Connect also integrates seamlessly with existing setups, such as bell and paging systems, so educators and staff can collaborate more efficiently and minimise disruption.”
GoTo Connect for Education is currently available to schools and universities in the US, UK and Ireland. To learn more, please visit: https://www.goto.com/solutions/education/uki.
About GoTo
GoTo, the leader in cloud communications and IT, is dedicated to powering a world of work without limits. Featuring flagship products GoTo Connect, LogMeIn Resolve, and LogMeIn Rescue, the GoTo portfolio offers secure, reliable, AI-enabled solutions that are simple to adopt for small and midsize businesses, and scalable to enterprises worldwide. GoTo continuously improves human experiences for AI-enabled workforces across hundreds of thousands of customers. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with approximately $1 billion in annual revenue and 2,800 employees throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
