Acceptable IT Use

Tong High School’s ‘Acceptable Use Policy for Students’ helps to protect students and the school by describing acceptable and unacceptable computer use:

• The school has a computer network and sets rules for its use
• Breaking these rules may be grounds for disciplinary action being taken and may lead to criminal prosecution
• Irresponsible use may result in the loss of network or Internet access
• Network access must be made via the user’s authorised account and password, which must not be given to any other person
• All network and Internet use must be appropriate to education
• Copyright and intellectual property rights must be respected
• Messages shall be written carefully and politely, particularly as email could be forwarded to unintended readers 
• Anonymous messages and chain letters are not permitted
• Users must take care not to reveal personal information through email, personal publishing, blogs or messaging (read more about Cyber Crime)
• The school ICT systems may not be used for private purposes, unless the Headteacher has given specific permission
• Use for personal financial gain, gambling, political activity, advertising or illegal purposes is not permitted.

The school may exercise its right to monitor the use of the school’s computer systems, including access to websites, the interception of email and the deletion of inappropriate materials where it believes unauthorised use of the school’s computer system may be taking place, or the system may be being used for criminal purposes or for storing unauthorised or unlawful text, imagery or sound.