Shoeburyness High School is a large secondary school located in Essex, United Kingdom. While Shoeburyness High School is committed to achieving a high level of academic success, the school also places great importance in the social and emotional wellbeing of students in order to provide the best learning environment. The school has a zero tolerance attitude towards bullying and disruptive behavior.
Some years ago, the school started providing each pupil with an email account on their Microsoft Exchange Server to allow them to communicate with other students and staff. However, it was important to the school to ensure acceptable use of the system in the same way as the school ensures acceptable behavior in the classroom. In order to enforce these standards, school administrators were looking for a product that would enable them to check student emails for language and inappropriate email attachments and spam. Ideally, the solution would also remove then need for school faculty to monitor student messages manually, reducing the possibility of overlooked misconduct.
After searching the Internet for a suitable product, Kirk Sheehan, Director of Learning Technologies at the high school, discovered Policy Patrol Security for Exchange. The school was very impressed with the product's ability to filter out inappropriate words as well as its ability to automatically notify staff as well as warn and restrict abusers.
