Case Study: Fife Council improves school closure communications with TextAnywhere SMS

Fife Council - Customer Case Study

Fife Council, a large Scottish local authority, needed a proactive method to communicate urgent school closures to parents, teachers, and residents, most often due to bad weather. They turned to the vendor TextAnywhere to implement an automated SMS messaging service as a core component of this new emergency system.

TextAnywhere provided a robust and cost-effective SMS service that was integrated into a dedicated phone line for head teachers. The solution enabled rapid notification of closures, sending messages within a minute of a call. This successful deployment led Fife Council to create a second award-winning system with TextAnywhere for matching supply teachers to vacancies, significantly improving their communication efficiency.

Fife Council

Michael McMonagle

New Media Developer