Loreto Mandeville Hall

Streamlining EdTech integration at Loreto Mandeville Hall

Loreto Mandeville Hall is an independent Catholic school, dedicated to providing forward-thinking education. To maintain digital excellence the school’s network of applications required a secure, streamlined way to connect and manage them.

The challenge | Managing distributed data integrations solitarily

Application and Database Administrator, Warren Tripp was managing every data integration at Loreto Mandeville Hall. This manual data handling was operationally challenging due to a lack of central oversight and limited visibility across their digital ecosystem.

“There’s only one of me in the whole school. The number of integrations and the amount of data that has to move through all these different channels…it was a process that was very difficult to maintain control of. My worst nightmare is that you’re e-mailing that CSV file with student names. What happens to it after that? None of it’s good.”

The solution | Establishing a centralised integration hub

Warren turned to Wonde to bring everything under one roof. Now he can vet any EdTech provider before connecting them, and show leadership exactly what data is – and isn’t – being shared.

The difference is made straight away:

• One central place to see every connected app
• Clear compliance reports that gave leadership confidence
• Cost-effective – because providers fund the integration, not the school

“I can jump in and say, ‘this is the data that we are passing. This is the data that we’ve allowed. This is the data we’ve denied.’ It keeps leadership happy and makes them confident that their data is safe. When I tell them the providers are the ones who have to fund it, they’re just amazed. It’s an easy sell for me.”

The outcome | A standardised framework for future EdTech

Wonde didn’t just fix a problem – it became the standard. Now, when Warren’s evaluating any new app, Wonde integration is the first thing he looks for.

“Having Wonde as my central location for integration is a lifesaver for me. It just takes away such an administrative overhead. It’s just perfect, it’s brilliant, it’s our preferred method now. As soon as we hear that there’s an application that uses Wonde, we’re jumping on board.”

And his advice to other schools?

“If the service doesn’t use Wonde, and there’s another service that does a similar job and it does use Wonde, perhaps it’s time to change. When considering an app and they provide us with a nice, secure, easy way to integrate, it’s already points in their box. It’s just so much easier when you have everything in one place.”

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