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Jane Buchan
FOI-DPA-EIR Requests - People
01226 772445
What Do They Know / Your Ref:
Date: / 16th December2015
Jane Buchan
FOI-DPA-EIR Requests - People
01226 772445
Enquiries to: / Cathryn Copley
Direct Dial: / 01226 787743
E-Mail: /
Reference: FOIA11169
Dear Steve,
Re: Request for Information – Freedom of Information Act 2000
I wish to confirm that the Finance, Assets & Information Services Directorate has now completed its search for the information which you requested by e-mail on 12th November 2015.
Your questions and my findings in blue font are below:-
1. Does the authority provide schools with internet filtering services?
Schools who subscribe to the authority’s central ICT services (broadband etc.) receive internet filtering.
2. Please provide the name of the authority's internet filtering software.
Smoothwall
3. What is the annual cost to schools of the authority's internet filtering services?
It is included in the cost of their central ICT service and is not specifically identified
4. What is the pricing structure of the authority's internet filtering services - e.g. £ per user, etc.
The most common service is,80 / 20 FTTC service = £2k per annum plus £13.38 per pupil
5. Please provide a list of schools who have opted out of the authority's internet filtering services.
All Saints Academy DarfieldAthersley South Primary School
Cudworth Churchfields Primary School
Darton Primary Academy
Dearne Goldthorpe Primary School
Dodworth St John's Primary Academy
Doncaster Road Primary School
Elsecar Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
Greenfield Primary School
Grimethorpe Ladywood Primary School
Heathergarth Primary Academy
High View Primary Learning Centre
Hoyland Common Primary Academy
Hoyland Springwood Primary School
Hunningley Primary School
Lacewood Primary School
Meadstead Primary Academy
Oakhill Primary Academy
Queens Road Academy
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Sandhill Primary School
Shafton Primary Academy
St Helen's Catholic Primary School, Hoyland
St Helen's Primary Academy, Monk Bretton
St Mary's Academy Trust Office
St Mary's CofE Primary School
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School
The Ellis CofE Primary School
The Forest Academy
The Mill Academy
Upperwood Academy
Ward Green Primary School
Wellgate Primary School
West Meadows Primary Academy
Wombwell Park Street Primary School
Worsbrough Bank End Primary School
Worsbrough Common Primary School
6. If possible, please provide a list of the internet filtering systems used by the schools who have opted out, and the associated cost of their chosen system.
Most of the schools who have opted out of the councils offer use Lightspeed Rocket, provided by Schools Broadband.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact Cathryn Copley on (01226) 787743. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
If you are unhappy with the way the Directorate has handled your request, you may ask for an internal review. Please clearly mark your correspondence ‘Complaint’ and address it to:
Barnsley MBC
Customer Services
C/O Corporate Mail Room
PO Box 634
Barnsley
S70 9GG
email:
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:-
Customer Services Team
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
website address:
Yours sincerely
Luke Sayers, Service Director
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