Automated Electric School Gates
Electric Gates for Schools & Educational Sites
School entrances can be particularly busy at certain times of the day, with pupils, parents, staff, visitors, deliveries and vehicles all arriving or leaving within relatively short periods. An automated gate system can give the school greater control over when an entrance is open and who is allowed onto the site.
From automated entrance gates and pedestrian gates to intercoms and access control, we can design a system around how your school site actually operates. This could include controlling staff access, allowing visitors to contact reception, managing deliveries or separating vehicle movements from pedestrian routes.
TWS Automation can provide automated gate systems for:
- Primary schools
- Secondary schools
- Academies
- Colleges
- Nurseries
- Specialist education settings
- Other educational premises
Automatic Vehicle Gates for Schools
Automated vehicle gates can help schools control access to staff parking, service areas and other parts of the site without having to manually open and close the entrance throughout the day.
We install both swing and sliding gate automation, with the most suitable option depending on the available space, gate size and weight, ground conditions and how frequently the entrance is used.
Access can then be controlled in different ways for staff, visitors, deliveries and contractors.
Automatic Pedestrian Gates For Schools
Vehicle access isn’t the only consideration at a school.
TWS Automation can also provide automation and access control for pedestrian gates, allowing schools to manage specific pedestrian entrances as part of their wider access-control system.
Where the site allows, keeping pedestrian and vehicle routes separate can also be considered when planning the entrance.
A Complete School Entrance Solution
One of the advantages of working with TWS Automation is that we can look at more than the gate itself.
Depending on your school’s requirements, we can provide and integrate:
- Automatic swing gates
- Automatic sliding gates
- Pedestrian gates
- Gate automation
- Intercom systems
- Paxton access control
- Fobs and proximity readers
- Keypads
- Safety equipment
- CCTV
- Gate servicing and repairs
This means the gate automation and access control can be planned together around how the school needs the entrance to operate.
School Gate Servicing & Maintenance
Automatic school gates need ongoing maintenance to keep the gate, automation and relevant safety equipment operating correctly.
TWS Automation provides school gate servicing and planned maintenance, including systems originally installed by other companies.
Regular servicing gives developing problems and wear a chance to be identified before they lead to a more disruptive fault.
For schools, arranging servicing at appropriate intervals can also help avoid waiting until a busy entrance stops working before calling an engineer.
Why Choose TWS Automation for Electric School Gates?
When you’re installing automatic gates at a school, the entrance needs to work safely and reliably around pupils, staff, parents, visitors and vehicles every day.
TWS Automation provides the complete system, from gate automation and safety equipment to intercoms and access control, as well as ongoing servicing and repairs.
- Gate Safe Registered – safety is considered throughout the installation, including the gate movement, potential risk areas and appropriate safety devices.
- Complete access solutions – we can combine automatic gates with Paxton access control, intercoms, keypads, fobs and other entry systems.
- Vehicle & pedestrian gates – we can help control both vehicle and pedestrian access around the school site.
- Existing gates can often be automated – if your school already has suitable gates, we can assess whether they can be converted to automatic operation.
- Repairs & servicing – we don’t disappear once the installation is complete. We can maintain and repair your gate system going forward.
- We work on other companies’ systems – TWS can also service, repair and upgrade existing automatic gates that we didn’t originally install.
- Experience working with schools – we’ve completed school access-control projects in the North East, including Paxton Net2 integration with a pedestrian gate at a Middlesbrough primary school.
- Based in Durham – covering schools throughout Durham and the wider North East.