Internet Content Filtering for Schools
Internet safety is a critical safeguarding responsibility for every UK school. SchoolCare provides robust content filtering and monitoring solutions that protect students online, meet Ofsted and DfE requirements, and give staff the visibility they need to keep children safe.
E-Safety & Student Protection
Effective content filtering is a key component of school e-safety policies. Unlike traditional blocklist-based filters, our solutions use real-time, AI-driven content analysis to assess web pages at the point of request – blocking harmful content immediately, even on newly published sites. Schools can create safer digital environments without over-blocking legitimate educational resources.
KCSIE Compliant
Fully aligned with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidelines and DfE filtering standards for schools.
UK SIC Accredited
Both Netsweeper and Smoothwall hold UK Safer Internet Centre accreditation – the gold standard for school filtering.
Prevent Duty Ready
Specialist categories covering extremism, radicalisation, and harmful content to support your Prevent Duty obligations.
Netsweeper Filtering
Netsweeper protects 1 in 3 UK pupils with AI-driven web filtering trusted by schools, colleges, and multi-academy trusts nationwide. Available through Jisc and the Janet Network for seamless integration with your school broadband.
AI-Driven Categorisation
Dynamic categorisation powered by AI scans and sorts content across billions of URLs in real-time, with education-specific categories including cyberbullying, hate speech, and substance abuse.
BYOD & Remote Filtering
nClient extends filtering to any device – Windows, macOS, Chrome, Android, and iOS – even off the school network, with no VPN required. One central policy covers all devices.
Multi-School Management
Centralised policy management across multiple schools through a single deployment. Delegated controls allow teachers to manage classroom filtering directly.
Smoothwall Filtering
Smoothwall is the UK’s leading provider of online safeguarding infrastructure for education, trusted by over 10,000 schools, colleges, and MATs. Their content-aware filter analyses pages in real-time rather than relying on static blocklists.
Content-Aware Technology
Advanced real-time analysis assesses web page content, context, and construction – blocking individual pages rather than entire sites to minimise over-blocking.
Flexible Deployment
Choose on-premise, cloud-based, or hybrid configurations to suit your school’s infrastructure. Full HTTPS and encrypted traffic inspection included.
Smart Social Media Controls
Allow read-only research access to social media platforms while blocking posting and messaging. Intelligent bandwidth management minimises network impact.
Comprehensive Reporting
Tailored safeguarding reports with full incident context, search behaviour logs by individual or group, and notifications across seven category rule sets.
360-Degree Protection
SchoolCare configures your filtering policies, manages categories and exceptions, provides staff training, and ensures your e-safety implementation is effective and educationally sound – whether students connect on school computers, tablets, personal devices, or from home.
Ready to Transform Your School’s ICT?
Contact us today for a no obligation quote. Our team of experts are ready to help.