Filtering and Monitoring
"Schools and colleges have a statutory responsibility to keep children and young people safe online as well as offline." DFE, 2023
What is 'filtering'?
Filtering is preventative. It refers to solutions that protect users from accessing illegal, inappropriate and potentially harmful content online. It does this by identifying and blocking specific web links and web content in the form of text, images, audio and video.
What is 'monitoring'?
Monitoring is reactive. It refers to solutions that monitor what users are doing on devices and, in some cases, records this activity. Monitoring can be manual, for example, teachers viewing screens as they walk around a classroom. Technical monitoring solutions rely on software applied to a device that views a user’s activity. Reports or alerts are generated based on illegal, inappropriate, or potentially harmful activities, including bullying. Monitoring solutions do not block users from seeing or doing anything.
How are the DFE Filtering and Monitoring Standards met at Sussex Road Primary School?
Identify and assign roles and responsibilities to manage your filtering and monitoring systems.
Designated Safeguarding Leads work closely with the school's IT support team to ensure the DFE standards are being met. The Safeguarding Governor has overall responsibility for ensuring standards are met.
Reviewing your filtering and monitoring provision at least annually.
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Filtering systems should block harmful and inappropriate content without unreasonably impacting teaching and learning.
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Have effective monitoring strategies that meet the safeguarding needs of your school.
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