Education · Oakford Technology

Internet Filtering

Filtering • Security • Resilience

Online safety is a core part of your school’s safeguarding and child protection responsibilities. Oakford provides a cloud-hosted, education-focused internet filtering solution that delivers fast, secure and compliant protection — without the need for onsite appliances or complex maintenance.

Our platform supports your school’s approach to online safety. Review filtering coverage, monitoring responsibilities and regular checks against the DfE filtering and monitoring standards, alongside your safeguarding policy.

Powerful, Education Ready Filtering Features

Real Time Security

Our filtering engine delivers robust protection with:

Packet-level inspection
Real-time categorisation of web content
Billions of URLs pre-classified
Instant classification of new and emerging sites
Flexible, configurable filtering policies

This ensures inappropriate content is blocked proactively, keeping pupils safe online.

Fully Cloud Hosted

No appliances. No patching. No on-site management.

Access the admin console from any browser
Automatic updates keep your filtering current
Zero hardware to install, replace or maintain
Scales effortlessly with growing device numbers

Perfect for schools and MATs moving towards cloud-first IT strategies.

Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) Member

No appliances. No patching. No on-site management.

Access the admin console from any browser
Automatic updates keep your filtering current
Zero hardware to install, replace or maintain
Scales effortlessly with growing device numbers

Perfect for schools and MATs moving towards cloud-first IT strategies.

Advanced Reporting

Our reporting system provides the insights you need, including:

Detailed user activity logs
Custom report creation
Safeguarding trend visibility
Staff/governor-friendly summaries

Ideal for Designated Safeguarding Leads, senior teams, and IT administrators.

User Based Filtering

Integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Active Directory and Google Workspace (Google Apps).

This enables granular filtering policies by:

Individual user
Role or group
Department
Time of day
Day of the week

Perfect for providing age-appropriate access across different year groups and roles.

Safe Search Enforcement

Our Safe Search feature ensures search engines consistently block access to inappropriate or adult content, even if users attempt to bypass restrictions.