Bells, paging and a phone on every staff member.
Schools need a mass notification path that reaches every building, staff reachable without handing out personal numbers, and the existing paging and security equipment left alone. P-Series covers the campus rather than just the office.
One site, many buildings, one notification path.
The distinguishing requirement in education is not telephony — it is notification. Bells, announcements and emergency alerts have to reach every space reliably, including the ones without a phone in them.
- SIP paging and intercom to create a school-wide mass notification system
- One-way and two-way paging, plus multicast paging
- Scheduled paging and intercom for bells and routine announcements
- Custom prompts for different announcement types
- Softphone applications so staff stay reachable on any device without sharing a personal number
- Microsoft integration across Teams, Outlook and directory services
- Built-in security controls against external threats and internal misuse
- Existing phones, paging and security equipment retained rather than replaced
The upgrade path matters more than the feature list.
Most Australian schools are working from an ageing analogue system with paging amplifiers, bells and door stations attached to it. Gateways let that equipment stay in service while the phone system moves, which is usually what makes the project affordable within a school budget cycle.
What a school actually uses.
The features that come up in a school scoping conversation, beyond making and receiving calls.
Scheduled bells
Paging and intercom on a schedule, replacing a separate bell controller.
Emergency notification
Site-wide announcement paths for lockdown and evacuation procedures.
Door and intercom integration
Interoperability with third-party intercom and door systems at gates and entrances.
Staff mobility
Linkus clients so teachers and administrators are reachable across the campus.
Microsoft 365
Directory integration so accounts follow the school’s existing identity platform.
Multi-campus
Central management for school groups and dioceses operating several sites.
Education buys on a budget cycle.
School procurement runs to a calendar. The work that wins these projects is done well before the budget is set: documenting the existing paging and bell infrastructure, and showing what can be kept.
What TeraFi provides
- Paging, bell and door system discovery
- Sizing across buildings and campuses
- Analogue and legacy equipment transition design
- Microsoft and directory integration planning
- Provisioning and escalation through the cutover
Working with a school or campus?
Bring TeraFi the site layout, the paging equipment and the term dates. We will shape a design that fits the window.
Fact-checked on 22 September 2026 against Yeastar’s education solution material and the P-Series solutions-by-industry brochure. Feature availability, integration support and licensing must be confirmed for each deployment.