Education App Development - Power Platform & AI

Educational institutions need technology that supports learning outcomes, streamlines administration, and engages students and parents. Digiovations delivers solutions that work for educators, not just IT departments.

The Problems We Hear Most

The recurring themes in first conversations with this sector.

Administration crowding out education

Admissions, enrolment, absence reporting, timetabling changes and facilities requests mostly run on email chains and spreadsheets. Each one is small; together they are a significant share of staff time that structured applications and automated workflows can hand back.

Systems that do not reflect how institutions work

The MIS or student records system holds the official record, but the daily coordination around it happens in inboxes and shared drives, then gets re-keyed. The gap between the system of record and the actual work is where errors and duplicated effort live.

Students who expect consumer-grade digital

Students judge institutional apps and portals against the banking and retail apps they use every day. Clunky self-service does real damage to engagement, and in a competitive recruitment environment it shapes perception before anyone sets foot on campus.

How We Help Education

Both pillars working together for your sector.

Ignite Studio for Education

Student engagement platforms and learning management portals
AI-powered assessment tools and personalised learning assistants
Mobile applications for campus navigation and student services
Research data management and collaboration platforms

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Evolve Works for Education

Power Automate workflows for admissions, enrolment, and timetabling
Power BI dashboards for student performance and retention analytics
SharePoint solutions for curriculum management and resource sharing
Power Apps for facilities booking, absence reporting, and events

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Our Approach

Most schools, colleges and universities already run on Microsoft 365 education licensing, so we start there: Power Apps for structured processes, Power Automate for the workflows behind admissions and student services, SharePoint for curriculum and knowledge management, and Copilot Studio agents for the questions students and staff ask hundreds of times a term. Where something genuinely bespoke is needed, our Ignite Studio practice builds web and mobile applications at a pace and price the sector can justify.

Digiovations is a Microsoft Partner led by a Microsoft MVP holding 17 Microsoft certifications, is Cyber Essentials Plus certified, and is available to public sector education buyers through G-Cloud 15, GCA (formerly Crown Commercial Service) and Bloom at published SFIA rates.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you work with our MIS or student records system?

Yes. We integrate around the system of record rather than replacing it, so the MIS stays authoritative while the coordination work that currently happens in inboxes moves into structured applications and workflows that write back cleanly.

How do you handle student data?

Student data stays in your Microsoft tenant in UK regions, with role-based access appropriate to safeguarding obligations. Where AI is involved, data is never used to train models, and we support the DPIA and data protection review your governance requires.

Do you understand education procurement?

We are accredited on G-Cloud 15, GCA (formerly Crown Commercial Service) and Bloom at published SFIA rates, which covers most institutional routes. Trusts, colleges and universities each run procurement differently, and we fit the process your team already uses.

What does a sensible first project look like?

One painful, well-bounded process, delivered as working software in weeks: absence workflows, facilities booking, enrolment tracking or a student enquiry agent are typical. Fixed scopes and timelines are published on each service page, so the commitment is clear before you make it.

Where to Start

The services Education organisations reach for first.

Buying through a framework

Public sector buyers contract through G-Cloud at SFIA role rates rather than the fixed-price ladders above. Direct commercial engagements are fixed-price on a blended day-rate basis. Both are published: the framework rate card sits on the Digital Marketplace, the fixed-price tiers sit on these pages.

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