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Internet Safety
St
George's school has a strict Internet access safety policy, with
several layers of network protection and filtering on all Internet
access and e-mail.
All students
have a dedicated user account on the school network which provides
them with a secure area for storing their work, an e-mail address
and secure content filtered access to the internet.
The access to the internet is filtered by the school with the
assistance of two separate outside security companies, and all
students receive an ongoing 'Personal Social Education Programme'
to inform them on how to deal with website usage, personal
messaging and e-mails which they may find unsuitable.
Information on the Click Clever Click Safe
programme can be found here.
Students are given an "Acceptable Use Policy" document to give them
clear guidlines on what they should and should not do on the
school's network.
School policy excludes the use of any external e-mail or
messaging systems such as Yahoo, Hotmail and Instant Messengers,
although if urgent the IT Dept will be able to provide access in
the IT base for a limited period, particularly for boarders or
students on International Exchange
schemes.
WWW and e-mail filtering is provided using a dual layer of
filtering hardware, plus a third layer of desktop software,
including the Sophos Anti-Virus product line.
The hardware includes SonicWall Firewalls, BlueCoat Caching
Units plus a Barracuda Anti-Spam and
Anti-Virus server, all of which constantly monitors and
records all communications.
(For home use we advise that, if children use your computer
regularly, you should install the CEOP browser tool to help provide the information
and support they will need during Internet usage).
Online Safety - Guidance for
Parents
In addition to the above information, Mr Hughes, Director of
Technologies, has provided a PDF called Online Safety - Guidance for Parents,
which can be downloaded by clicking here.
Use of Student
Photographs
In common with many other schools St George's allows the use of
photographs of the students on our website, although these are not
shown with the student's full name unless that information is
already fully in the public domain, and even so this may only occur
inside the secure Parents' Area. This area has to be logged
into with a username and password which only parents and guardians
will have access to.
Students very much enjoy seeing themselves online, and the
enjoyment they project in school is well worth sharing, however any
parent or guardian can ask that a student be completely excluded
from having their picture taken for use on the website, or for any
particular photograph at all to be removed.
Please just contact the school and we will be happy to
assist on this topic as quickly as possible.