Lightspeed Systems
Academia is proud to partner with Lightspeed Systems to help schools, colleges and multi-academy trusts create safer, smarter and more effective digital learning environments.
By combining Academia’s expertise in education technology with Lightspeed’s industry-leading safeguarding, web filtering, classroom management and analytics solutions, we help education organisations maximise the value of their technology investments while protecting students and supporting staff.
Together, we enable schools to gain greater visibility into device usage, promote student wellbeing, ensure compliance with safeguarding requirements and provide teachers with the tools they need to deliver engaging digital learning experiences. Whether devices are Apple, Windows or ChromeOS, our partnership delivers scalable solutions that support teaching and learning across every classroom.
Visibility & control to power exceptional schools
Lightspeed Systems gives schools the tools they need to protect students, keep technology compliant, and unlock the full value of edtech — all from a single, unified platform trusted by 31,000+ schools worldwide.
Lightspeed Filter™
Create secure & focused learning environments
Protect students with modern content filtering that controls risky sites, blocks harmful material, and ensures compliance across networks and devices — on and off site.
Lightspeed Insight™
Turn analytics into action
Transform edtech usage into meaningful insights — optimise budgets, identify redundant tools, and streamline compliance with data that matters to IT, curriculum leaders, and finance teams.
Lightspeed Alert™
Proactive student safety monitoring
Identify students in crisis or at risk early with powerful AI and human-review monitoring — giving schools actionable alerts and supporting interventions before incidents escalate.
Lightspeed Classroom™
Focus students, empower teaching
Real-time classroom visibility that helps teachers keep students engaged — view screens, limit distractions, guide activity, and manage AI use without interrupting instruction.
Lightspeed Signal™
Technical health insights for learning
Monitor device performance, network quality, app reliability, and more — before issues disrupt learning — with real-time alerts and detailed diagnostics for support teams.
Lightspeed StopIt™
Speak up. Stay safe.
Enable safe, anonymous reporting from your school community with tools for web, app, phone, and two-way chat — backed by certified safety specialists monitoring incidents around the clock.
Lightspeed MDM™
Manage learning devices with confidence
Simplify device management, policy enforcement, app deployment, and security — all from a centralised dashboard that scales from small schools to district-wide networks.
Protect your students and simplify edtech management with the platform schools rely on worldwide.
Get started with Lightspeed today.