Internet Watch Foundation

Smoothwall have a long-standing partnership with the IWF that is built on a mutual vision of keeping children safe online. The important work done by the IWF helps Smoothwall to create digital safety solutions that are designed to keep harmful images away from young or vulnerable adults.

The CAIC list of domains and URLs is an integral part of Smoothwall Filter. We also use a number of search terms and phrases provided by the IWF, and perform daily self-certification tests to ensure the IWF content is always blocked through a Smoothwall. We will continue to support the work of the IWF with our commitment to block and report child sexual abuse imagery and make the internet a safer place for children. For more information, visit their website.

Google Partner for Education

Smoothwall is a certified Google Partner. Our partnership enables us to develop and innovate in the field of digital safety by leveraging our solutions across the Google for Education suite, its 90 million G-Suite users and 30 million students using Chromebooks.

For more information, visit their website.

Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA)

Anti-Bullying Alliance is a unique coalition of organisations and individuals, working together to achieve their shared vision: to stop bullying and create safer environments in which children and young people can live, grow, play and learn.

Smoothwall are proud associate members of the ABA. We fully support their objectives to raise the profile of bullying and make sure that teachers, youth practitioners, parents, carers, children and young people have the skills and knowledge to address bullying effectively.

For more information and to become a member, visit their website.

The Key Support Services

The Key Support provides up-to-the-minute sector intelligence and resources that empower education leaders with the knowledge to act.

Their team of experts, writers, researchers and technologists are deeply committed to serving the needs and championing the perspective of education leaders across the country. They provide practical content and create products and services that enable leaders to take meaningful action every day.

Their vision is to be an indispensable partner to education leaders determined to make a difference. For more information, please visit their website.

National Online Safety

National Online Safety is an independent online safety training provider founded by three fathers on a mission to keep children safe online. By developing engaging online safety training and resources for the whole school community, their aim is to educate and empower trusted adults with the information they need to engage in meaningful dialogue between children and young people about the online world, their online activities and the ever-evolving risks that they are exposed to.

They focus on both general online safety risks and platform specific risks to provide adults with easy to follow information which enables conversations between adults and children.

Smoothwall is proud to partner with National Online Safety to provide our e-safety training.

Smoothwall Independent Advisory Board (IAB)

Our IAB was launched in 2019 with the purpose of informing and guiding Smoothwall policy and practices as a business operating within UK education.

It is comprised of nationally influential figures from across the education spectrum, including Ofsted, Microsoft, transformational MAT and School leaders, governors, as well as activists from the Headteachers roundtable – a non-party political headteachers’ group operating as a think-tank for exploring education policy issues.

Our IAB meets quarterly.