Oathall Community College Enhances Communication with Toshiba Digital Signage

Oathall Community College is a secondary school in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, serving students across the local community. Like many schools, it faces the constant challenge of communicating effectively with students, staff, parents, and visitors — and doing so in a way that is engaging, timely, and easy to manage.

The Challenge

Traditional methods of school communication — notice boards, printed bulletins, paper-based announcements — are limited in both their reach and their impact. Information can be missed, updates are slow to distribute, and the visual environment of a school can quickly become cluttered with outdated or poorly presented materials.

Oathall Community College wanted to modernise its internal communications with a solution that would be visually impactful, easy to update, and capable of reaching people at the right time and place. The solution also needed to be straightforward for non-technical staff to manage, without placing additional workload on the school’s IT team.

The Solution

Toshiba installed a network of digital signage displays and interactive touch solutions throughout the college premises. The system was designed, installed, and is fully managed by Toshiba, meaning the school benefits from a professional visual communication platform without needing to develop or maintain in-house expertise.

The digital displays can be used for a wide range of content — from daily announcements, timetable changes, and event promotions to wayfinding, celebration of student achievements, and visitor information. Interactive touch screens add a further dimension, allowing students and visitors to engage directly with content.

The Results

The digital signage installation has transformed the way Oathall Community College communicates with its school community. Information is now delivered through eye-catching, dynamic displays that capture attention far more effectively than static notice boards ever could.

Content can be updated centrally and pushed to individual screens or groups of screens as needed, ensuring that time-sensitive information reaches the right audience immediately. The interactive touch elements have proved particularly effective in engaging students, who respond well to technology-driven communication.

Toshiba fully manages the solution, so the school’s IT team has not taken on additional responsibilities. Maintenance, content management support and technical oversight are included in the service, leaving the school free to focus on educating its students.

The installation at Oathall Community College demonstrates how digital signage and interactive displays can bring a modern, professional communication platform to the education sector, with tangible benefits for student engagement, operational efficiency, and the overall school environment.