Modern Cloud-Based Security for Schools
Protect students and staff in a privacy-sensitive manner with a unified physical security platform.
Visit verkada.com
Leading Cloud-Based Physical Security
Legacy systems are falling short of the rising safety needs of today's primary and secondary schools. Join a global community of academic organisations using Verkada's cloud-managed physical security platform to raise the standard for school safety. Unify complex, siloed security systems under one platform to speed up investigations, accelerate incident response, and give school leaders greater peace of mind – all while protecting student privacy and enhancing cyber security.
Image Description: Collage of Verkada devices including a door station, tablet, laptop displaying security feeds, Wi-Fi gateway, access controller, dome camera, bullet camera, and intercom.
Why Schools Choose Verkada
Experience a new level of simplicity with Verkada. All you need is the hardware and access to Command, our software platform, which updates automatically. Centrally manage all Verkada devices and users from any browser or mobile device. Gain actionable insights with information integrated across devices.
- Accelerate investigations: With instant alerts and optional AI-enabled analytics.
- Empower administrative staff: With a user-friendly and intuitive system.
- Access footage from anywhere: Monitor site activity in real time.
- Instantly share live camera feeds: With police and generate incident reports.
- Protect student privacy: With live or selective face blur and privacy regions.
- Easy multi-site management: With granular, role-based user permissions.
- Deter cyber security threats: With enhanced user security – SSO, 2FA, and SAML authentication.
- IT-friendly: With bandwidth-efficient cameras and zero servers or NVRs to manage.
- Top-rated technical support: Available 24/7 via email, phone, or live chat.
- Compliance with industry standards: SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001/27017/27018, and support for GDPR requirements.
Image Description: Screenshot of the Verkada Command mobile app showing live camera feeds and analytics.
Mayfield School of Portsmouth: "I'm able to be more thoughtful about our approach to physical safety because Verkada provides a level of insight [about campus activity] that I didn't have before." - David Jeapes, Head Teacher
Brighton Grammar School: "Verkada allows us to strike the right balance between safety and privacy, ensuring each one without compromising the other." - Sandra Maher, Director of ICT
Safeguard Schools to Protect Students and Staff
Speed up investigations in a privacy-sensitive manner
- Quickly find critical footage across school grounds. Simply type a description or upload a photo to retrieve video using optional AI-powered analytics.
- Use history player search to instantly construct a timeline of a person's appearances across multiple cameras, with timestamped video clips to aid investigations.
- Protect student privacy with live face blur during real-time monitoring. Easily blur the faces of uninvolved individuals when saving footage for review.
Image Description: Grid of images showing people in different locations, likely from video search results.
Deter student vaping with proactive alerts
- Receive instant SMS alerts when air quality sensors detect vape activity on school grounds. Deploy optional video monitoring in school corridors to provide visual context around vape alerts and the students potentially involved.
- School leaders can view vaping trends over time to analyse patterns and implement long-term solutions.
Protect against external threats
- Proactively identify unsafe visitors at the school entrance or front gate with Verkada Intercom's in-call person of interest (POI) alerts.
- Notify security teams instantly when flagged visitors approach school grounds, enabling rapid intervention.
- Easily set role-based user permissions to help ensure only authorised staff can access footage from specific cameras.
Strengthen perimeter security
- Keep bad actors out with cloud-managed access control by setting customised door schedules and restricting building access to designated timeframes.
- Mitigate the risk of after-hours trespassing and vandalism with professional monitoring and video verification, helping to reduce false alarms and incident response time.
Accelerate Incident Response and Mitigate Risks
Strengthen coordination with police
- Reduce incident response time by granting user access to police or streaming camera footage directly to their Real-Time Operations Centres (RTOCs) through Verkada's Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP).
- School leaders can share live floorplans via SMS or a direct link to reveal school activity hotspots and assist responding officers on-site.
Image Description: Image of a person looking at multiple security monitors.
Initiate a lockdown procedure
- Secure critical building entryways with cloud-managed access control. Instantly lock down exterior doors across campus at the press of a button from a smartphone or desktop, restricting access to select buildings.
- Easily set custom lockdown scenarios and specify which doors to secure, enabling a targeted response for a single building or the entire site based on the type of incident.
Image Description: Phone screen showing a "Activate Lockdown" prompt.
Monitor school environments
- School leaders can analyse historical data from cloud-managed air quality sensors and apply these insights to reduce indoor air pollutants.
- Receive instant alerts for abnormal spikes in noise or temperature on campus, signalling a potential large gathering or student fight.
Improve response for future incidents
- Enhance emergency preparedness in the case of an incident or urgent medical situation with mounted panic buttons, calling emergency responders with a single click.
- Review historical footage from real-life events or past safety drills to assist school safety leaders in future emergency planning.
Maximise Efficiency to Optimise Operations
Manage security operations with ease
- New staff members can download the Verkada Command mobile app, and find, save, and share footage in minutes.
- An intuitive user interface and plug-and-play installation simplify maintenance and empower lean IT teams by replacing servers and NVRs with simple cloud-based management.
Enhance safety during pick-ups and drop-offs
- Keep watch over car parks and nearby streets during busy student pick-ups and drop-offs.
- Capture licence plates of unsafe drivers with powerful Licence Plate Recognition (LPR) technology and easily share this information with police.
- Notify school leaders or police when flagged vehicles approach the school for fast intervention.
Streamline check-ins and dismissals
- Streamline student late arrival tracking and early dismissal sign-outs with a digital visitor management system that integrates with SIS platforms like Clever and ClassLink.
- Reduce long queues at check-in and automate visitor badge printing by adding returning visitors to approved guest lists. A returning visitor can quickly check in with a QR code at the school reception.
Image Description: Screenshot of the Verkada Command mobile app showing a visitor signing in. A QR code for visitor sign-in.
Simplify badge and keycard management
- Save time provisioning badges with cloud-based access control. Automatically issue physical badges, EV3 fobs, and mobile keycards to new staff – or instantly revoke them when someone leaves the organisation.
- Easily generate temporary digital or physical credentials for contractors, technicians, and supply or relief teachers with Verkada Guest.
One Platform to Simplify School Security
Video Security
Record 24/7 with AI-enabled cameras that store up to 365 days of footage. Choose from models that support privacy-sensitive features such as live face blur and privacy regions.
Access Control
Automatically provision or revoke staff credentials via SCIM and SAML integrations. Remotely grant building access and automate door schedules with cloud-based access control.
Alarms
Deter trespassing and vandalism with cloud-managed alarms and intrusion detection. Reduce false alarms with built-in professional monitoring and video verification.
Intercom
See who's at the school entrance. Grant building access to visitors remotely from the front desk. Know if a suspect returns to campus with in-call person of interest (POI) alerts.
Guest
Streamline check-ins and automate badge printing with a digital visitor management system. Track student late arrivals and early dismissals via integrations with Clever and ClassLink.
Air Quality Sensors
Set custom alerts for noise, vape, CO2, TVOCs, particulate matter, formaldehyde, and other air quality indicators to detect potential hazards on school grounds.
Mailroom
Optimise delivery management by tracking package drop-offs with a simple mobile scan and automatically notifying recipients upon delivery.
Connectivity
Easily deploy Verkada devices with cellular or Wi-Fi gateways in hard-to-wire locations like car parks, gates, fields, and stadiums.
Viewing Station
Stream up to 300 live camera feeds from multiple sites into one centralised location and gain instant visibility across the school campus.
Try Verkada for free
Our 30-day free trial includes a device, two-way shipping, and full access to the Command management platform. Learn how Verkada can support your smooth transition to the cloud by bridging non-Verkada devices to our cloud-based system.
Image Description: Collage of Verkada devices.
Trusted by Schools Globally
Image Description: Logos of various schools including Stratford School Academy, Brighton Grammar School, Somerville House, Mayfield School, Kedleston Group, Gorey Community School, The Riviera Ridge School, and Nishimachi International School.
