Online safety costs

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Electra
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Dear Westcliff High School for Girls,

I am researching the costs associated with safeguarding students in line with the Department for Education's "Keeping Children Safe In Education" guidance and the Home Office's "Prevent" legislation. I hope that you will be able to help by providing the following information:

1. Which web filtering product does the school use? (e.g. Smoothwall Secure Web Gateway, Smoothwall UTM, RM Safetynet, Lightspeed Web Filter, etc.)

2. Is your web filtering system purchased directly by the school or provided by the LEA?

3. Does your web filtering system run on a server on the school's premises, or is it hosted off-site? (In the cloud, at the LEA's data centre, etc.)

4. How much does the web filtering system cost the school and over how long a period? (e.g. £xxxx over a 3 year contract, etc. Please explicitly state whether the quoted amount is the annual cost or the total over the period.)

5. Do the costs quoted in question 4, above, include anything besides web filtering? (e.g. that cost may also include the internet connection itself, or other services, in addition to the actual filtering product.)

6. If your filtering system is hosted on the school's premises, do the costs quoted in question 4, above, include the hardware that the filtering software runs on? (When an existing filtering contract is renewed, schools can often choose not to replace the existing hardware. In that case, the answer would be "no.")

7. What speed of internet connection does the school have?

8. How many students does the school have?

9. How many staff does the school have?

10. What year did your current filtering contract begin (this helps me evaluate how the costs have changed over time for long contracts).

Thank you very much for your time.

Yours faithfully,

Electra

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general enquiries, Westcliff High School for Girls

Many thanks for your email.
Your email has been forwarded on to the relevant member of staff. Please allow 48 hours for a response.
If the matter is urgent please contact the school on 01702 476026.
Kind regards
WHSG

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Electra
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Dear Westcliff High School for Girls,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Westcliff High School for Girls's handling of my FOI request 'Online safety costs'.

The law requires you to respond to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act promptly and within 20 working days at the very latest. Please can you investigate why you have ignored your legal obligations and also respond to my original request for information as soon as possible.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/o...

Yours faithfully,

Electra

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general enquiries, Westcliff High School for Girls

Many thanks for your email.
Your email has been forwarded on to the relevant member of staff. Please allow 48 hours for a response.
If the matter is urgent please contact the school on 01702 476026.
Kind regards
WHSG

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Electra
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Dear Westcliff High School for Girls,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Westcliff High School for Girls's handling of my FOI request 'Online safety costs'.

I am still waiting for a response to the review of your freedom of information practices which I requested several weeks ago. You are legally required to respond to this request and if I do not receive a reply I will be forced to report you to the Information Commissioner's Office, who may take legal action.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/o...

Yours faithfully,

Electra

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general enquiries, Westcliff High School for Girls

Many thanks for your email.
Your email will be forwarded to the relevant member of staff, please allow 48 hours for response.
If your email is of an urgent nature please contact 01702 476026.
Kind regards
WHSG

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jane leadbeater, Westcliff High School for Girls

Good afternoon Electra

I refer to your email received today, and I am very sorry that you have not yet received a response to your request.

I will find out the answers to your questions and ensure that a response is sent to you next week.

I trust that this is satisfactory.

Yours sincerely

Mrs J Leadbeater
Headteacher's PA

Westcliff High School for Girls

(01702) 476026
 
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From: Electra <[FOI #433411 email]>
To: "FOI requests at Westcliff High School for Girls" <[Westcliff High School for Girls request email]>
Date: 12/01/18 14:14
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Online safety costs

Dear Westcliff High School for Girls,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Westcliff High School for Girls's handling of my FOI request 'Online safety costs'.

I am still waiting for a response to the review of your freedom of information practices which I requested several weeks ago. You are legally required to respond to this request and if I do not receive a reply I will be forced to report you to the Information Commissioner's Office, who may take legal action.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/o...

Yours faithfully,

Electra

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nigel brunning, Westcliff High School for Girls

Dear Electra

1. smooth wall UTM

2. We have a schools broadband contract through Southend Council and the webfiltering is provided as part
 of that contract
3.Hosted by SBC
4.Dont know - it is not split out within. the broadband contract. The contract is 311k per year over 3 years.
5.Yes - broadband
6. Not hosted on school premises
7. The contract is for 500MB over a 1 GB pipe

8.  We currently have 1,228 students on roll, including Sixth Form.

 9.  Diane has said that we have 181 members of staff, including Peri teachers, invigilators and midday assistants.
10. 2017

Regards

Nigel

Nigel Brunning
Finance & Operations Director
South East Essex Academy Trust
Westcliff High School for Girls
Kenilworth Gardens
Westcliff-on-Sea
Essex SS0 0BS
07748 987202
 

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nigel brunning, Westcliff High School for Girls

4 should read £11k pa

Nigel Brunning
Finance & Operations Director
South East Essex Academy Trust
Westcliff High School for Girls
Kenilworth Gardens
Westcliff-on-Sea
Essex SS0 0BS
07748 987202
 
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