Smoothwall Digital Safeguarding for Education
We’ve partnered with Smoothwall as part of our continued commitment to providing businesses, schools, and organisations with safe and secure communications and connectivity solutions.
What is Smoothwall?
Smoothwall is a trusted market leader in online safety. They specialise in delivering cutting-edge web filtering and Cybersecurity solutions.
Smoothwall exists to help keep children safe and thriving in their digital environment. They achieve that by supporting and empowering them and those who care for them – in school, at home, and everywhere.
Their digital monitoring and safety solutions, coupled with Stream’s own, help provide some of the most comprehensive safeguarding services in the world. One in three schools rely on Smoothwall to help protect tens of thousands of children online in the UK daily.
Smoothwall Solutions and Benefits
Smoothwall’s suite of solutions support every member of the school community. They harmonise into a Digital Safety and Wellbeing Framework, giving leaders a roadmap to help elevate and strengthen provisions in a more manageable way.
Through Smoothwall, Stream customers can benefit from:
PREVENTION & ENABLEMENT
Unparalleled and real-time content filtering designed from the ground up for UK education, trusted by 1 in 3 schools across the country. Enjoy cloud filtering designed to protect students at school, at home, and everywhere in between.
EARLY DETECTION & INTERVENTION
Real-time, human-moderated monitoring solution that alerts staff to suspected vulnerable students. Give students a channel to speak and schools a platform to spot those in need. Allow schools to electronically record child protection issues and safeguarding incidents all in one reliable, trustworthy record manager.
EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT
Smoothwall’s Online Safety Hub is a dedicated resource designed to help schools and parents have better conversations with children about online safety. Parents can benefit from an all-in-one parental app that helps keep their child’s screen time safe and balanced. Training and consulting helps guide leaders, DSLs, governors, and parents towards keeping children safe in education.
How Stream can help your school
Through almost twenty years of experience, Stream has built a reputation as a premier supplier to the education sector. For many schools, bandwidth, safeguarding, internet speeds, and reliability are typically at the top of the agenda.
In collaboration with Smoothwall, Stream offers a full consultancy and turn-key service which takes into account your whole estate to offer the best connectivity solution for your unique needs and budget.
As part of this service, we support multi-academy trusts (MATs) in implementing robust classroom management solutions that improve online behaviour and ensure a secure and productive learning environment. Our expertise extends to implementing firewall protections and content-aware filtering systems, preventing exposure to harmful content and mitigating risks such as cyberbullying.
Stream’s commitment aligns with the Department for Education’s guidance on digital safeguarding, ensuring that educational institutions have access to industry-leading functionality to keep students safe online.
Our Customers in the Education Sector
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If you’re interested in Smoothwall’s services, please complete our registration form below or call us on 01635 884170.