Child Safety on the Internet

Mrs Fitzsimons made this Freedom of Information request to Wiltshire Council

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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

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From: McDonald, Maggie
Wiltshire Council

26 October 2009

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Dear Mrs Fitzsimons

Thank you for your email regarding a request made under the Freedom of
Information Act. I have now passed your request to the appropriate
officers in the department and you will receive a response to your
questions in due course.

Should you not be happy with the information that is supplied you have the
right to complain. You may make a complaint direct to the department's
Complaints Manager, Mrs Maggie McDonald, telephone 01225 713679 or email
[1][email address]; or alternatively you can contact the
Information Commissioner. I have attached a copy of Wiltshire Council's
complaints procedure together with a copy of the Information
Commissioner's leaflet.

Yours sincerely

Matthew Edwards

Complaints Officer &

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

Department for Children and Education

Wiltshire Council

County Hall

Bythesea Road

Trowbridge

BA14 8JN

01225 713678

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From: McDonald, Maggie
Wiltshire Council

4 November 2009

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Dear Mrs Fitzsimons

Please find information below in response to your request under the
Freedom of Information Act.

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?

The only official information we have on this comes from a survey which
was conducted by the Safeguarding Officer for the Local Authority in
December 2008. Schools were asked: "Does the school provide curriculum
opportunities to explicitly teach e-safety to pupils?"

206 schools replied: Primary 80%, Secondary 86% and Special Schools 83%;
all said that they do.

If yes, who is responsible for delivery and what accreditations/training
have they received? For example, teacher, CEOP trained ambassador.

No information held

If yes, how often is internet safety training integrated into the school
curriculum, i.e. weekly, monthly etc

No information held

If no, what steps/timeframes are being taken for implementation?

No information held

2. Internet Filtering

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

Yes - all are connected to the South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL
[1]www.swgflorg.uk)

If yes, what tools do you use? For example Hardware or Software?

Web based filtering by SWGfL

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

Contract for renewal in September 2010

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 information held

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.

No information held

Should you not be happy with the information that has been supplied you
have the right to complain. You may make a complaint direct to me or
alternatively you can contact the Information Commissioner. I have
attached a copy of Wiltshire County Council complaints procedure together
with a copy of the Information Commissioner's leaflet.

Yours sincerely

Maggie McDonald

Complaints Manager

Department for Children and Education

Wiltshire Council

Tel: 01225 713679

Email: [email address]

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