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Free for schools
Protect your pupils from online harm
Ripple BrowserShield acts as a layer of protection during a pupil’s most vulnerable moments. It identifies harmful online searches on school-managed devices and gently redirects pupils towards to age-appropriate mental health support.
Private and secure by design. Free and ready to install today.
The reality for pupils
Pupils face growing pressures:support can’t always reach them in time
From academic stress and social pressures to challenges at home, today’s pupils are navigating more than ever. When things feel overwhelming, many turn to the Internet where harmful content is just a click away.
You work hard to support every pupil across safeguarding, pastoral care and wellbeing provision, but not every moment of crisis is visible.
Ripple BrowserShield provides support in those unseen online moments - stepping in when a pupil searches for harmful content and guiding them towards help.
From academic stress and social pressures to challenges at home, today’s pupils are navigating more than ever. When things feel overwhelming, many turn to the Internet where harmful content is just a click away.
You work hard to support every pupil across safeguarding, pastoral care and wellbeing provision, but not every moment of crisis is visible.
Ripple BrowserShield provides support in those unseen online moments - stepping in when a pupil searches for harmful content and guiding them towards help.
1 in 4
mental health disorder have self-harmed or attempted suicide at some point
ONS
1 in 4
young people in England have a common mental health condition
NHS
>26%
of suicide cases in under 20s had a suicide-related search history
The Lancet & University of Manchester
Protecting learners and staff at 600+ educational institutions across the UK & abroad
Ripple BrowserShield – Free online protection for your pupils
Ripple BrowserShield provides browser-based safeguarding for school-managed devices at no cost to you.
1.9m+
people protected every week
110K+
harmful searches intercepted to date
How Ripple saves lives
Simple. Safe. Secure.
Ripple BrowserShield creates a digital safety net for moments when a pupil may be struggling. If a harmful search is made, signposting to support appears instantly - calm, private and non-judgemental.
BrowserShield runs safely and invisibly in the background on school-managed laptops and computers.
Pupil searches online for harmful content
Ripple BrowserShield identifies high-risk search terms related to suicide or self-harm.
Calm screen intercepts the search
A message of hope and a breathing exercise appear on the pupil's screen.
Pupil is guided towards support
24/7 helplines and mental health services are shown, with encouragement to seek help.
Privacy by design
No personal data collected or browsing history stored
Built to the highest standards
ISO 27001 • ISO 9001 Cyber Essentials
Why schools install it
Proactive life-saving digital intervention when pupils search for harmful content
Free for UK primary and secondary schools
Supports wellbeing, safeguarding and counselling teams
Works alongside your existing filtering solutions
Simple to install across school-managed devices
Can be customised to signpost your uni's own support services alongside national resources.*
* Fees apply
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Can be customised to signpost your school’s own support services alongside national resources.
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Best for:
University-managed laptops and desktops
Managed devices in digital learning environments
Digital learning environments
Pupil laptops with managed browsers
A moment of risk becomes a moment of support
Closing the gap in online safeguarding
World-leading harmful content classification
Protect pupils with specialist digital crisis intervention.
Our digital safety technology is built by experts and enhanced by AI. It identifies and responds real-time to thousands of high-risk search patterns online relating to self-harm, suicide, substance misuse, gambling harms, financial struggles, and more.
Provide life-saving intervention for high-risk online moments.
While traditional web filters block access to websites, Ripple BrowserShield identifies harmful search intent. Instead of blocking, it intervenes with messages of hope and guides pupils to trusted mental health support.
Privacy-first crisis intervention
Safeguard pupils, while protecting their privacy.
Ripple BrowserShield does not monitor, track or collect any personally identifiable information or browsing history. It offers support privately and anonymously, so that pupils can feel safe when seeking help.
Strengthening existing support services
Expand the reach of your existing wellbeing and counselling provision.
Pupils searching for harmful content can be directed to your school’s mental health services as well as national helplines.
In their words
What your peers are saying
“Ripple technology is such an important, non-intrusive factor in suicide prevention – pressing the pause button and giving opportunities to get different thinking in.”
Anna Robinson, Mental Health & Wellbeing Lead
Birmingham Education Partnership
“The continued rise of mental health conditions and suicide risk amongst young people is a concern and we are proactive in enhancing our services and support. Installing Ripple BrowserShield across IEG demonstrates our ongoing commitment and approach to suicide prevention for staff and students within our community.”
Sarah Young, Vice Principal Student & Staff Experience
Inspire Education Group
Getting started
Five simple steps to protecting your pupils
Setting up Ripple BrowserShield for your pupils is fast and easy.
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Ripple NetworkShield
Subscription-based, whole-network protection
Pupils’ online activity isn’t limited to one device. Safeguarding shouldn’t be either.
Ripple NetworkShield enhances online protection across your entire Wi-Fi network, including personal devices.
Ripple NetworkShield
Subscription-based, whole-network protection
Pupils’ online activity isn’t limited to one device. Safeguarding shouldn’t be either.
Ripple NetworkShield enhances online protection across your entire Wi-Fi network, including personal devices.