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Jamia High Safeguarding CASE STUDY
The Challenge
Jamia High School – a private high school with 120 students and 20 staff members, operating a mixed-device environment ( Windows desktops, and Laptops) across 11 classrooms.
Challenge:
With growing concerns over student exposure to inappropriate content, distractions during instructional time, and cybersecurity threats such as phishing and malware, the school leadership sought a solution to:
- Protect students and staff from harmful or inappropriate online content.
- Ensure compliance with local child safeguarding legislation
- Reduce non-academic internet use to boost productivity.
- Gain visibility into web usage for IT staff and administrators.
- Apply differentiated access policies for staff and students.
The Solution
Senso Safeguard – a cloud-based internet filtering and monitoring solution designed for educational environments.
Deployment Strategy:
- Needs Assessment: Collaborated with school IT, administration, and teaching staff to identify content categories to block (e.g., adult content, gaming, streaming media).
- Pilot Phase: Deployed ClassroomGuard on a single grade level for 2 weeks to test filtering accuracy and policy enforcement.
- Full Rollout: Installed browser extensions and network-level DNS filtering across all devices and classrooms using the school's existing G Suite and Active Directory infrastructure.
- Policy Differentiation: Configured role-based filtering rules—stricter for students and more flexible for staff.
- Reporting Tools: Enabled real-time dashboards and weekly automated usage reports for administrators.
- Training: Provided workshops and documentation for teachers to understand policy enforcement and report filter issues.
Security Enhancements:
- Encrypted DNS traffic to prevent circumvention.
- Blocked VPN/proxy usage.
- Integrated with anti-malware threat intelligence to block known malicious sites.
The Results
Benefits Realized:
- Improved Safety: 100% compliance with child internet safety laws; major reduction in student access to inappropriate websites.
- Increased Productivity: Teachers reported a 30% decrease in off-task behaviour during online activities within the first month.
- Simplified Management: IT staff saved an estimated 15 hours per week previously spent on manual web content monitoring and device auditing.
- Positive Feedback: 87% of teachers surveyed reported increased confidence in integrating digital tools into lesson plans, knowing filters were in place.
- Scalability and Visibility: The cloud-based system allows seamless expansion and provides detailed insights into usage trends and policy effectiveness.
Conclusion:
This deployment at the school successfully created a safer, more focused digital learning environment. It addressed the dual needs of protection and productivity, while simplifying administration and enhancing overall IT governance.