The Time for Digital Monitoring in Further Education is Now

Keeping students safe online
now requires a two-pronged approach.

Department for Education guidance, including KCSIE, states that schools, colleges and MATs must have in place both a filtering and monitoring provision in order to protect students from online harms - many of which are found beyond the websites they browse. That’s where Smoothwall steps in.

Smoothwall Filter

100% real-time content-aware filtering that detects and blocks harmful content
the moment it goes live.

The #1 web filter in UK education; used by 1 in 3 schools.
Available on Chrome OS, Windows, macOS and iOS devices.
Block student workarounds like proxy anonymizers and VPNs
Easily create and schedule tailored reports for pastoral care and administrators.
Tailor policies based on user group, content category, time, location IP, subnet and hostname for mobile devices and laptops.
Available as on-premise, cloud or hybrid.

Smoothwall Monitor

Human-moderated monitoring that alerts safeguarding staff to students
at risk within minutes.

See student risks across everything a student types - Google, Office 365, offline documents, web, email, social media, AI chatbots and more.
Get full contextual evidence of anything spotted by the system on an easy-to-understand dashboard.
24/7 support from the UK's largest human moderation team.
Eliminates 99% of false alarms - staff time is only required when absolutely necessary.
Captures suspected risks even when the device is disconnected from the internet.
Integrates with CPOMS and MyConcern.