Every school knows the pattern. The bell goes, lessons start, and somewhere a teacher is rummaging through a cart for a device that's flat. A class of thirty students waits while the laptop trolley plays catch-up. An iPad has gone walkabout, again. These small frictions add up to lost teaching time, frustrated staff, and a technology investment that isn't pulling its weight. For school leaders trying to plan, budget, and protect an ever-growing device fleet, those costs are real.
LocknCharge™ helps schools fix that. We design and build the charging carts, charging stations, and smart device infrastructure that keep classroom devices powered, secure, and ready when the lesson starts. Since 1998, we've helped thousands of schools turn device chaos into device confidence.
A heritage built on solving real classroom problems
LocknCharge began as PC Locs in Perth, Western Australia in 1998, founded by Paul and Craig, the P and C in the name, who saw schools struggling to charge and store the first wave of laptops in classrooms. What started as a practical solution for a handful of local schools grew into a global business serving education, healthcare, government, and enterprise customers in dozens of countries. Today, LocknCharge ships from manufacturing and distribution centres across Europe, North America, Australia, and Asia, and our products sit in classrooms across the UK and Europe, charging Chromebooks, iPads, MacBooks, Surface devices, and the next wave of AI-ready hardware.
We're proudly independent, school-tested, and built for the long haul. Our purpose is simple: to make people's lives easier. For school leaders, that means technology that supports learning rather than disrupts it, and an investment that pays back year after year.
A complete charging family, designed for the way schools actually work
Different schools have different needs, which is why our European range covers the full spectrum of classroom charging. Our Carrier 20, 30, and 40 mobile charging carts are the workhorses trusted by schools across the UK and Europe to deploy laptops and Chromebooks across multiple classrooms. They're built tough, easy to push, and engineered to charge a full fleet overnight without tripping breakers or stressing batteries. For primary schools and tight-on-space secondary classrooms, the lighter, sleeker Joey 30 and Joey 40 carts deliver the same charging performance in a smaller, more nimble footprint, with our ECO Safe Charge™ technology built in.
When mobile isn't the answer, our Carrier 10 and Carrier 15 charging stations bring secure, stationary charging to classrooms, libraries, and shared spaces, ready to mount on a bench or a wall. And for the new generation of USB-C devices, our Putnam 8 and Putnam 16 stations replace the tangle of chargers and bricks with a single, smart, fast-charging hub. Across the family, ECO Safe Charge balances charge across devices to protect batteries, prolong device life, and reduce energy use. That last point matters more than ever as schools work to bring down running costs and meet sustainability targets.
Why school leaders choose LocknCharge
The reasons schools choose us tend to compound over time. Time saved, every day, is the headline. A LocknCharge cart or station means no morning panic, no flat batteries, and no lost lessons, and multiplied across a school year, the maths gets compelling. Our products are built to last, with carts still in service in schools that bought them a decade ago. That kind of longevity protects your budget and reduces the total cost of ownership of your device fleet, which is what really moves the needle for finance teams and trust boards.
We also see ourselves as a partner, not just a supplier. Our UK and European team work directly with schools, MATs, trusts, and resellers, helping you specify the right kit for your devices, your spaces, and your budget, then staying in touch long after the invoice is paid. Every product is designed in-house, tested to commercial-grade standards, and refined based on feedback from the schools that use them every day. Safety certifications, fire-rated cabinets, and considered cable management come as standard, not optional extras. The outcomes show up where they matter: fewer help-desk tickets, fewer missing devices, faster lesson starts, and a happier staffroom.
What's next
The next chapter of school technology is connected. Smart lockers, cloud-based device tracking, and real-time visibility into where devices are, who has them, and whether they're charged. LocknCharge is investing heavily in this space so schools can move from manual device wrangling to automated device management, with peace of mind built in. It's a future where every device has a home, every battery has a plan, and IT teams get their mornings back.
If you're rethinking how your school charges, stores, and tracks its devices, we'd love to talk.