Case Study: Godolphin School achieves campus-wide seamless Wi-Fi and BYOD-enabled modern learning with HPE Aruba Networking

Aruba wireless platform inspires individual approach to learning

Godolphin School, a historic independent girls’ school in Wiltshire educating 480 pupils, needed to modernise its campus network to support a device-agnostic BYOD policy, growing use of video and cloud services (Office 365, virtual learning), and reliable outdoor coverage for dorms and playing fields. The existing infrastructure struggled with high-density concurrent devices and lacked centralised management and secure, simple onboarding.

Working with Medhurst, the school deployed an Aruba solution—core and access switches, 138 high-density 802.11ac APs, a mobility controller and ClearPass with Onboard/Guest—to deliver seamless indoor/outdoor Wi‑Fi, secure ID- and device-based access, and centralised traffic analytics. The upgrade supports 30+ tablets per class, Office 365 and e‑learning platforms, enables new classroom collaboration tools and IoT projects, and was completed with minimal disruption to students and staff.

Godolphin School

Edward Gillies

Head of ICT Services