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Mrs Fitzsimons made this Freedom of Information request to Reading Borough Council
The request was successful.
From: Mrs Fitzsimons
22 October 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
This request relates to the safe use of the Internet by Primary and
Secondary School pupils in your region.
Resources:
1. The Byron Review, published 27 March 2008,
2. The Byron Review Action Plan, published 24th June 2008.
The resources above relate to the safety and education of children
using the Internet at Home and School, and the responsibility of
government, local and national to ensure that children are educated
and protected whilst doing so.
I hereby request under the Freedom of Information Act full details
of the Internet Safety Actions and Initiatives currently in place
throughout the region.
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.
Yours truly,
Mrs A Fitzsimons
From: Smith, Sarah (Legal)
Reading Borough Council
22 October 2009
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From: Tarry, Martyn (Civic)
Reading Borough Council
19 November 2009
Dear Mrs Fitzsimons,
Further to your request under the Freedom of Information Act received on
the 22^nd of October relating to the safe use of the internet by Primary
and Secondary School Pupils. I apologise that you have not yet received a
reply to this request. The information is taking longer to gather than I
anticipated, and I hope to be able to provide you with a response to your
request within the next week. I sincerely apologise for any inconvenience
this delay may cause you.
Martyn Tarry
Business Manager
Education & Children's Services
Internal: 72565 External: 0118 937 2565
[mobile number] Mobex: 88309
E-mail: [email address]
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From: Tarry, Martyn (Civic)
Reading Borough Council
27 November 2009
Dear Mrs Fitzsimons,
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act. I apologise for not responding to your request within
the 20 day timeframe, and for any inconvenience this delay may have
caused.
Our response is as follows:
Schools are expected to have an e-safety/internet safety policy.
Filters are applied by the Local Authority to block unsuitable sites.
Schools have the facility to block further sites, should they choose to.
Filtering is provided to schools by the Council's ICT Services Team in
accordance with the BECTA guidelines. Internet filtering is provided by
two external companies working in collaboration, Easynet and Netmedia.
At Key Stage 3, e-safety is now part of the curriculum. There are now
two Local Authority staff trained as ambassadors and able to deliver
training in the Child Exploitation On-Line Protection (CEOP) package of
materials. This is to raise awareness of e-safety issues faced by
children and how they can staf safe on-line. There are different
packages, aimed at KS1, KS2, and KS3.
According to our information, there have not been any breaches of
internet filtering where children have been able to access unsuitable
material in the last 24 months.
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Regards
Martyn Tarry
Business Manager
Education & Children's Services
Internal: 72565 External: 0118 937 2565
[mobile number] Mobex: 88309
E-mail: [email address]
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