Choose Web Filtering That’s Right for Your School
Online safety isn’t one-size-fits-all. At ekte, we empower your school to select from the UK’s leading education-focused filtering and monitoring solutions—always compliant with DfE and Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) standards.
You know your pupils—so you choose the filters. We just make it work, safely and simply.
ekte has supported schools with web filtering and monitoring for over a decade, helping leaders navigate changes in guidance, threats, and technology. Our team is trusted by hundreds of schools and MATs nationwide to provide expert, independent advice on the solutions that best fit each setting’s unique requirements and budget. We know how vital robust filtering and safeguarding tools are—for governors, DSLs, and everyday classroom safety—and that’s why we always give honest, up-to-date recommendations, not a forced “one size fits all” package.
Our long track record means we’ve worked with every major UK education web filtering provider, from Smoothwall and Lightspeed to iboss, Securly, Securus, and Senso. This experience lets us explain the strengths and differences of each system simply helping you shortlist, demo, and ultimately choose the one that truly fits your safeguarding, curriculum, and reporting needs. Many schools return to us year after year for appraisals and upgrades, relying on our friendly expertise to keep them KCSiE, DfE, and Ofsted compliant as standards evolve.
When you pick a filtering solution with ekte, you don’t just get a product; you get a dedicated partner. We manage set-up, training, customisation, and annual safeguarding reviews—so you’re never left unsupported. Our goal: to give every school the confidence, evidence, and protection they need for a safe, modern digital learning environment, whatever their size or budget.
You choose — the very best in school web filtering and monitoring.
Let ekte help you compare the UK’s top DfE-approved platforms and build a safeguarding solution that truly fits your setting. Book your free review and see the difference today.
FAQs
Discover answers to your pressing questions about our Filtering & Monitoring Services
Filtering blocks access to inappropriate, illegal, or harmful online content before it reaches pupils' or staff devices. It's mandatory under Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) because schools have a legal duty to protect pupils online. Think of it as a digital equivalent of locking the school gates—you wouldn't let strangers wander in, so you don't let harmful content reach classroom screens. ekte installs age-appropriate filtering that blocks the nasty stuff without stopping legitimate teaching resources.
Badly configured filtering does; properly set-up systems don't. Modern filters use cloud-based categorisation and intelligent algorithms, adding milliseconds of latency—unnoticeable in practice. The trick is balancing protection with access: too strict and you block YouTube videos for science lessons; too loose and safeguarding gaps open. ekte tunes filters for education, with easy staff override processes and regular reviews so legitimate content isn't needlessly blocked.
Monitoring logs online activity and alerts safeguarding leads when concerning behaviour is detected—searches for self-harm content, bullying-related keywords, or attempts to access illegal material. No one's watching every click in real-time; algorithms flag patterns and specific terms. Alerts go to your Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), not IT staff, so pastoral response happens quickly. ekte integrates monitoring with your safeguarding processes, ensuring alerts reach the right people without overwhelming them.
Yes, if they connect via your school WiFi. Content filtering and monitoring apply to all devices using the school network, whether school-owned laptops or pupils' personal phones. However, off-site on home broadband, your filters don't apply—that's why parent education about online safety matters. ekte configures network-level filtering so BYOD devices are protected on school premises without requiring software installation on personal devices.
Regular reports. ekte's filtering partners (iboss, Netaweeper, Smoothwall, Lightspeed, etc.) generate monthly logs showing blocked attempts, alert summaries, and policy compliance evidence. You get dashboards showing what's being filtered, how many safeguarding alerts were raised, and response times—presented in plain English for governors, not IT jargon. When Ofsted asks, "how do you keep children safe online?" you hand them a one-page summary, not a panicked explanation.