Industries · Eduction
Students, staff, visitors and contractors all require different levels of access across a campus. Arana integrates access control, biometric identity, CCTV, visitor management and workforce systems around the way your education environment operates.
The reality of running a campus
Not theoretical threats, the pressures that come with keeping an open campus safe.
Younger years and SEN provision demand tighter, provable control over who can reach them.
Open, welcoming campuses still need to know exactly who’s on site and why, at every moment.
Lanyards and cards get lost, borrowed or passed between students, breaking the attendance record.
Knowing exactly who’s on site during a handover — or an emergency evacuation — shouldn’t depend on a paper sign-in sheet.
Different buildings or campuses need the same access rules applied without manual duplication.
Parents and staff rightly expect biometric data handled with encryption and full regulatory compliance.
The integrated solution
Schools, colleges and universities have to stay open and welcoming while still knowing exactly who’s on site, students, staff, visitors and contractors, often across multiple buildings or campuses. Run as separate systems, that openness becomes a safeguarding blind spot.
From reception and student areas to laboratories, staff zones and restricted facilities, Arana connects identity, access, surveillance and visitor management through a coordinated security environment.
A campus should feel open to those who belong there and closed to those who don’t, without either group noticing the difference.
Enrolled once, at the start of term
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Verified at gates and main buildings
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Labs, offices and safeguarding zones
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Students pay with a fingerprint
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Registration recorded automatically
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Entrances, corridors and grounds covered
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Who was on site, on demand
The building blocks
Grouped by what each layer achieves on site — not a parts list to pick through.
Protecting offices, labs and staff-only areas
Outcome
Sensitive areas stay locked down without slowing staff down
Turning access events into workforce data
Outcome
Accurate, audit-ready attendance and payroll records without manual reconciliation
One verified identity, used everywhere
Outcome
No cash to lose, and accurate attendance without a single register call
Covering the wider site, not just the doors
Outcome
Faster incident response and clear evidence for safeguarding reviews
Why Arana
We’re a specialist integrator, not a call-centre-scale vendor. You deal directly with senior engineers from the first site survey onwards, and with a team that takes the time to understand how your organisation actually operates.
Speak with the engineer who set up your campus, not a support queue starting from zero.
New terms, timetables and access changes are actioned in days, not a vendor’s quarterly release cycle.
Security built around your buildings, students and safeguarding policy, not a generic campus template.
The team that installs your systems is the same team accountable when safeguarding records are reviewed.
We’ll help you map access, attendance and compliance across your site — or every site in your network.
Packages
Choose based on how many sites you run and how tightly regulated they are.
For standalone warehouses and distribution centres
★ Most Popular
For groups running several depots or warehouses
For pharma, food-grade and controlled-goods distribution sites
What we recommend
Products to protect your campus
ANPR
by Adaptive Recognition
ANPR cameras controlling vehicle access at site gates and yards.
Why we spec it:
Automates HGV and courier check-in against a pre-approved vehicle list.
CCTV Cameras
by Axis
AI-powered CCTV covering warehouse floors, loading bays and yards.
Why we spec it:
Coverage across large, high-ceiling spaces where stock loss is easiest to hide.
Gates & Barriers
by Automatic Systems
Automated barriers and gates controlling vehicle flow at loading bays.
Why we spec it:
Keeps unscheduled vehicles out of the yard without a guard on every gate.
Intrusion Detection
by Aritech
Integrated intrusion detection for warehouse perimeters and stock areas.
Why we spec it:
Monitored protection for high-value stock once the site empties out overnight.
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