For schools & DSLs

Canopy for Schools
and DSLs

Canopy helps UK Designated Safeguarding Leads and school staff understand children's AI use — and gives families the tools to manage it safely at home.

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What Canopy does

AI tools are now part of everyday student life. Canopy gives parents — and the schools that support them — a clear, practical way to manage that.

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DNS-level content filtering
Blocks adult content, gambling, and bypass tools at the network level — before a request ever reaches a device. Works across every device on the home network.
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Child-safe homework AI
Children get a Claude-powered homework helper with a layered safety system — regex, AI classification, and self-harm detection — built in from the start.
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Screen time scheduling
Parents set hour-by-hour internet access windows for each child. Supports school night presets and custom schedules.
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Parental visibility
Parents see what categories of content are being blocked, with a monthly summary of DNS queries and blocked domains.
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Mobile data coverage
Device-level setup guides for iOS Screen Time and Google Family Link close the gap that router-only filtering misses.
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Age-appropriate access
Year 1–6 children use one-tap magic links. Year 7–13 use a PIN on parent-approved devices. No passwords for young children to forget or share.

Built with UK safeguarding in mind

Canopy is designed around the realities UK DSLs face: children accessing AI tools at home, on mobile data, with parents who may not know where to start.

We're not a school IT product — we're a family safety tool that you can recommend to parents with confidence. No procurement process, no per-seat licensing.

Parents sign up directly and manage everything from a dashboard. DSLs can use our guides and articles in assemblies, parent evenings, or online safety sessions.

Relevant to your safeguarding work
✓Addresses Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE 2025) — online safety requirements
✓AI chatbot access is covered — ChatGPT, Gemini, Character.AI all blockable
✓Supports conversations with parents about AI risks at home
✓Self-harm detection in child AI sessions — parents are alerted immediately
✓No child personal data shared with third parties

Useful for parent evenings and assemblies

Our articles are written for parents — plain English, no jargon, UK-focused.

How to set up safe search on any device→Parental controls on BT Smart Hub 2→Parental controls on Sky Q Hub→What KCSIE 2025 means for parents→

Get in touch

If you'd like to talk about how Canopy can support your school's online safety work, or you have questions for parents to ask us, we'd love to hear from you.

hello@canopyfamilies.co.uk