In March 2023, the Department for Education (DfE) introduced new Filtering and Monitoring standards.
The KCSIE September 2023 policy placed special emphasis on the responsibilities of school staff for overseeing safeguarding and online safety. As part of the standards, schools and colleges must regularly check their filtering and monitoring systems, regularly review safeguarding needs and act on all safeguarding concerns.
Senior Leaders and Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) of schools and colleges should provide a safe online environment for pupils and staff on all school-related devices, both on-site and off-campus.
As a Senso Partner, PSP provides a 100% KCSIE-compliant filtering and monitoring service that lets you manage your network and easily monitor and safeguard all your device users.
As part of our service, we will take over the setup and installation of Senso software across your network.
Assisted Monitoring
An assisted monitoring service that combines Senso's safeguarding software with support from fully-trained online safety experts.
Using Senso's safeguarding software to monitor your students' activity on their devices, SWGfl, the fully trained assisted online safety experts will identify any serious issues regarding a student's online activity through Senso's safeguarding software.
Class Cloud
Teach students from anywhere over the web, view the screens of multiple devices in one go, share and block distractions, and more in just a few clicks. The remote monitoring and management software is designed to put control in the teacher's hands, giving them the strength to control student devices, block unwanted distractions and disable the web on student devices.
It's packed with features designed to keep students focused in class and make it easier for teachers to engage their classes and monitor student activity.
Content Filtering
Keep your students protected even when they take devices away from the school. Senso's Content and Filtering appropriately blocks students from harmful and inappropriate content when they're on and off your network.
Senso's cloud filter uses both ane extensive category-based libraries of inappropriate websites and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to check the content of every website a student tries to visit and gives staff real-time updates of newly categorised web addresses.
The software has 99.9% coverage of web traffic and can look up websites in 5 microseconds, meaning your student's web experience isn't affected.
Having appropriate filtering and monitoring in place is a key requirement for staying compliant with DfE and Ofsted standards. Senso's content filtering ensures you are appropriately blocking harmful and inappropriate content and keeping your students safe online.
Teams Monitoring
Do you need a way to monitor chat messages and images on Microsoft Teams unobtrusively? The software will monitor chat messages and use AI to scan and inspect every image sent via Teams. Users can also use the 'report a concern' function to report anything which has caused them concern directly from Teams.
The real-time dashboard gives staff a clear insight into all violations made on a Teams chat and breaks down the number of violations and alerts made over time. The relevant staff are alerted to:
- Users who may be vulnerable or at risk
- Users who may pose a risk to others
- Inappropriate or harmful behaviour
Network Cloud
Provide your IT teams with a large selection of network management tools, allowing them to control all school devices from one centralised web portal. It is built for scale, which makes it the perfect solution for Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) looking to manage students
The network administration tools are designed to help streamline networks, improve efficiency and save time when managing multiple school devices. Its full suite of tools lets you remotely track, monitor and manage all your school's or trust's devices from anywhere.
Safeguard Cloud
Protect staff and students using school-owned devices, whether they're in school or learning from home. Senso Safeguard Cloud proactively monitors for inappropriate and harmful behaviour and automatically alerts staff to any suspected violations.
The software offers top-level reporting of violations and is designed to prevent bullying through keyword monitoring, live alerts, website logs and AI-driven threat analysis.
The software was designed by safeguarding teams and meets all of the latest KCSIE requirements to help you stay compliant. The intuitive dashboard allows you to analyse trends, read reports and manage concerns with ease.
