Discover useful technical training resources below to help you get the most out of your Smoothwall Filter solution.
Digital Monitoring gives you real-time sight of what students are doing, saying or sharing that may indicate they are in harm's way, or at risk of harming others.
Filtering alone is not enough
Filtering stops students from accessing harmful content. But it doesn't show you risks revealed in what they are typing or sharing beyond the search bar. For example, in emails, in Chats, to chatbots, in documents, in spreadsheets and on forums.
Monitoring bridges that gap - alerting you to signs of harm, distress, or intent within minutes of them occurring. And, in the case of Smoothwall Monitor, this happens with full human-moderated, contextualisation that removes false positives, and enables you to intervene fast and appropriately.

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• Why early detection is even more critical in FE.
• 26 examples of what monitoring detects that filtering does not.
• Why digital monitoring is critical for KSCIE early detection
compliance.
• The 6 factors essential to digital monitoring success.
• The 2 pitfalls to avoid.
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Every 18 minutes, Monitor identified an FE student suspected to be at serious risk.
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Every 46 minutes, Monitor identified an FE student suspected to be involved in a serious cyberbullying or violent incident.
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Every 10 hours, Monitor identified an FE student suspected to be facing a very serious risk to their health or life.
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Every day, Monitor identified an FE student involved in a suspected terrorism alert.
Irene Farragher
Director of Student Services
Lakes College
Cumbria
Andrew Ottey
Deputy Director of Student Life
Luminate Education Group
Leeds
Samantha Gunnarsson
Assistant Principal Learner Experience
The College, Merthyr Tydfil
Wales
Christian Phillips
Learner Experience Co-ordinator
The College, Merthyr Tydfil
Wales
Evie Stannard
Student Safeguarding Manager
Leeds City College
Leeds
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Irene Farragher
Director of Student Services
The Lakes College
Cumbria
Christian Phillips
Learner Experience Co-ordinator
The College, Merthyr Tydfil
Wales
Evie Stannard
Safeguarding Manager
Leeds City College
Leeds
Safeguarding leaders from the United Colleges Group and Birmingham Metropolitan College came together to talk to us openly about the realities of trying to spot students at risk online.
The conversation makes it clear that digital monitoring is no longer optional in FE environments - it’s essential to keep learners safe.
Hi my name is Sean Lazenby and I've been helping FE safeguarding leaders successfully implement monitoring for many years.
I can show you how it works, answer any questions as well as share the life changing impact it has had in other FE environments.
Simply fill in the form and I'll get straight back to you to arrange an informal chat.

Head of Further Education
Smoothwall
Join our free webinars and hear directly from our experts on KCSIE 2023
updates and your obligations around digital monitoring. Plus ask any questions you have.
Recorded Webinar
KCSIE 2023 Updates: Web filtering & monitoring for DSLs explained
In this session, Smoothwall experts Katherine Howard and Tom Newton, discuss the key distinctions between web filtering and monitoring, and what you need to be aware of to ensure you meet the KCSIE 2023 guidance.
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