Smoothwall Filter 

Unparalleled, 100% real-time filtering, designed from the ground up for UK education. Trusted by 1 in 3 schools.

 

Smoothwall Filter - Highlights

Provides the safest filtering possible 

Content-aware, 100% real-time filtering protects students in real-time, all of the time.

Promotes rich, age-appropriate learning

Blocks pages, not sites, to eliminate overblocking and promote productive online experiences.

Choice of deployment

Available as on-premise, cloud or hybrid deployments.

The best-in-class web filtering for UK education

Smoothwall Filter is recognised as an Accredited Filter Provider with the UK Safer Internet Centre (UK SIC).

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Smoothwall Filter - At a glance

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The best-in-class web filtering for UK education

Smoothwall Filter is recognised as an Accredited Filter Provider with the UK Safer Internet Centre (UK SIC).

 

Key benefits

Highest possible safety:

100% real-time, dynamic content analysis

Assesses and permits web pages at the point of request. Inappropriate or harmful content is blocked the second it goes live. Students are protected at all times.

Notifications and reports

Notifies of incidents across 7 category rule sets, enabling prompt attention. Enables reporting on search behaviours by individual or groups to support incident investigations and education. 

Supports BYOD

Provides filtering across public Wi-Fi and guest mobile devices securely on the network and across all platforms. Meaning students' own devices are fully filtered too.  

Works behind HTTPS

Detects harmful or malicious content that is hidden, including behind Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and secure anonymous proxies. 

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Richest possible learning:

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Social media controls

Provides flexible tools to remove inappropriate content from social media sites while permitting read-only access for students’ research and learning.

Who, what, where and when 

Enables tailored policies based on user group, content category, time, location IP, subnet and hostname for mobile devices and laptops. Allows students safe, age-/time-appropriate online experiences regardless of device or location.

Easy management

Offers intelligent bandwidth management to allow media and file sharing in class/school with minimum impact on existing services. Learning is not impeded in any way.

Peace of mind for IT: 

Multi-OS support

Available on Chrome OS, Windows, macOS and iOS devices.

Choice of deployment – on-premise, cloud, or hybrid

Works with your preferred IT environment. 

Reports and alerts for student wellbeing

Easily create, generate and schedule tailored reports for pastoral care and administrators.

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Peace of mind for leaders and DSLs:

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Full incident reporting

Reports on 100% of data for a full contextual picture around any safeguarding incident.

Device protection – all of the time

Features apply on all devices, in school, at home or in between. Students are consistently protected.

Control student VPN access

Includes a range of measures to detect, remediate and alert for students' attempts to bypass controls.

What our customers say

Video case studies:

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Ather Abbas Director of Digital, Data and Transformation at King Edward VI Foundation, can now strike the perfect balance between keeping students safe online whilst not overly restricting content, thanks to Smoothwall's real-time content filtering. 

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Thomas Kates IT & Commercial Manager at Boundry Oak School and Conifers School explains why they decided to adopt Smoothwall Filter over the standard provision.  

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Matthew Snell, Senior IT Technician at Frederick Gough School, talks about the massive difference Smoothwall Filter has made to their school. 

Testimonials:

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Customer

Smoothwall are great at being ahead of the game and are always in front when it comes to meeting the requirements faced by schools. 

Warwickshire County Council

 

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Customer

Smoothwall is there and it is filtering and we know it's working and we know we can rely on it.

Frederick Gough School

 

FAQs

Smoothwall Filter is the only 100% real-time web filter. It assesses the permissibility of a web page, not by referencing published blocklists, as with some Filters, but by evaluating its content, context and construction at the point of request.

Content-aware filtering is an advanced web filtering technology that analyses and categorises online content in real time based on context, rather than just relying on blocklists.

Smoothwall Filter comes with deep granular controls enabling schools to determine who sees what, where and when enabling safe, age appropriate online experiences for every student in every education environment. 

Yes, Smoothwall Filter is compliant with DfE Standards and KCSIE (Keeping Children Safe in Education) guidelines. We're also a UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) accredited filtering provider.

Smoothwall Filter reports on 100% of data for a full contextual picture around any safeguarding incident. This means you can easily create tailored reports for pastoral care and administrators.

Filter is available on Chrome OS, Windows, macOS and iOS devices.

Yes, Smoothwall Filter provides filtering across public Wi-Fi and guest mobile devices securely on the network and across all platforms.

Smoothwall Filter generates real-time alerts for incidents across seven category rule sets, ensuring prompt attention to potential risks. It also logs search behaviours by individual users or groups, supporting incident investigations and helping inform digital safety education.

Further reading

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DfE Web Filtering and Monitoring Standards Updates

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Web Filtering in Education 
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A Complete Guide to Real-Time Content-Aware Web Filtering

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