Child Safety on the Internet

Dear Mrs Fitzsimons,

Freedom of Information request- ref. OCE100957

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 22nd
October 2009. In that request, you asked for the following information:

1. Internet Safety Education provided as part of the school
curriculum.

- Within your schools is there a specific program aimed at teaching
children about staying safe online, including cyber bullying been
integrated into the curriculum?

- If yes, who is responsible for delivery and what
accreditations/training have they received? For example, teacher,
CEOP trained ambassador.
- If yes, how often is internet safety training integrated into the
school curriculum, i.e. weekly, monthly etc
- If no, what steps/timeframes are being taken for implementation?

2. Internet Filtering

- Do the primary and secondary schools within your authority have
internet filtering in place?
- If yes, what tools do you use? For example Hardware or Software?
- If yes, what is the name of your internet filtering supplier and
when was their contract last renewed/due for renewal?

3. Internet Filtering Breaches

- Have any of the Schools within the past 24 months experienced a
breach of Internet Filtering where children were able to access
pornography or Indecent images. Please provide details of School
Type(Primary or Secondary), Date of Breach and Type of Unsuitable
material accessed.

- If a breach of security occurred how was your authority notified?
For example, by a parent, by the school, through an automated alert
provided by hardware/software supplier.

I am pleased to provide the following information:

1. Internet Safety Education provided as part of the school
curriculum.

- Within your schools is there a specific program aimed at teaching
children about staying safe online, including cyber bullying been
integrated into the curriculum?

Schools are individually responsible for safe use of the internet and so
they would each need to be contacted for the detailed information
requested in section 1.

- If yes, who is responsible for delivery and what
accreditations/training have they received? For example, teacher,
CEOP trained ambassador.
- If yes, how often is internet safety training integrated into the
school curriculum, i.e. weekly, monthly etc
- If no, what steps/timeframes are being taken for implementation?

I can, however provide the following information on support that is
provided to schools by the Local Authority:

* The LA provides access to national e-safety resources to all
schools via it's portal
* A local e-Safety site has been created within the LA portal which
provides a broad range of resources which schools can draw upon to
support their e-safety work
* LA staff attend national e-Safety conferences to learn about new
developments which are then communicated to schools via the portal
* Specific support sessions available to schools to assist them in
developing policies and procedures for dealing with e-Safety
* Strategic liaison by Safeguarding Team with all e-Safety
stakeholders
* Promotion of e-Safety through conferences etc.
* Dedicated training provided by Wolverhampton City Learning Centre

2. Internet Filtering

- Do the primary and secondary schools within your authority have
internet filtering in place? Yes

- If yes, what tools do you use? For example Hardware or Software?
Our primary (inc. Nursery, Infant & Junior) schools use centralised
BlueCoat servers integrated with Websense.
Our secondary schools use localised Equiinet CachePilots, filtering is
powered by Secure Computing / McAfee (sometimes known as SmartFilter).

- If yes, what is the name of your internet filtering supplier and
when was their contract last renewed/due for renewal?

Our primary schools filtering service is integrated into the
corporately provided network. Reviewed and renewed annually.

Our secondary schools filtering service is integrated into the Easynet
provided network. Reviewed and renewed annually.

3. Internet Filtering Breaches

- Have any of the Schools within the past 24 months experienced a
breach of Internet Filtering where children were able to access
pornography or Indecent images. Please provide details of School
Type (Primary or Secondary), Date of Breach and Type of Unsuitable
material accessed.

No, not that I am aware of. Although if there was, this would more
than likely be dealt with at a school level. All schools have access to a
centralised help desk to help with any such breach.

- If a breach of security occurred how was your authority notified?
For example, by a parent, by the school, through an automated alert
provided by hardware/software supplier.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
please write to:

Amy Hardiman
FOI & Corporate Complaints Coordinator
Wolverhampton City Council
Civic Centre, St Peter's Square
Wolverhampton
WV1 1SH

[Wolverhampton City Council request email] <[1]mailto:[Wolverhampton City Council request email]>

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted
the complaints procedure provided by the council. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at:

The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely,

W Hague

Bill Hague

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