Simon AndersonNetwork ManagerKing's Lynn, Norfolkhttp://www.kingedward.norfolk.sch.uk/
King Edward VII School is a successful voluntary-controlled comprehensive school for girls and boys aged 11 to 18 years situated in King's Lynn, West Norfolk. The school is a Specialist Sports College with 1380 pupils on roll of whom 280 are in the Sixth Form. King Edward VII School strives to provide a caring and well organised environment in which all students have an equal opportunity to achieve their full potential. Network Manager Simon Anderson looks after the school's network which consists of over 500 Windows PCs. Access to the Internet is via the school's 100MB connection.
King Edward VII School has 1500 users on 500 PCs. The network environment is predominantly Windows.
King Edward VII School wanted to better control and manage Internet usage, and needed a filtering solution that could effectively block all inappropriate content and integrate well with the school's existing network and environment.
Simon decided to evaluate Guardian after a colleague in another school recommended it, and he saw the software in action at the BETT education show. Upon trialling the solution on a Unix box, he was pleased to find it easy to install, use and integrate with the school's authentication system. As a filtering system, Guardian was employed to complement the school's County-supplied e-safety monitoring system.
King Edward VII School has been using Guardian for a while now and Simon commented that it is consistently performing well and helping to keep student browsing within safe limits. Guardian is also proving itself reliable as to date, he says he has had no reason to contact support.
Guardian runs out of the box and has needed very little tweaking to bed it in with our current network. The interface is great - intuitive and really easy to use
Guardian has lower costs in comparison to other products and actually saves me time because it requires very little monitoring and reports can be run when necessary
Guardian is effectively blocking inappropriate content and helping to keep the students on track during lessons. Staff can relax a little more when teaching using the Internet as they know the students will be safer.
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