SkieWhat if a school wants no web filtering?
The filter is a policy setting, so the organisation chooses it, at organisation level or group by group. A school can pick a lighter option from the curated list for older students. We would suggest keeping some filtering on student devices, but it is the school's decision and its responsibility.
Filtering is not forced in a single fixed way. The default filter for an organisation that has not picked its own is CleanBrowsing Family. An organisation or a group can choose another filter from the list the owner curates, and the more specific choice applies last.
That gives you real room. A sixth-form or college group, a staff group or a computing class may reasonably have a lighter profile than a primary class. Chrome rules can also be set per group, with the browser off, restricted or allowed.
Be clear on what is and isn't flexible. The always-blocked list, which covers more than 50 alternative browsers, VPN apps, proxy apps and DNS changer apps, applies whatever an app list says. That protects the filter you do choose from being quietly bypassed. If a group needs a tool that is on the list for a genuine reason, speak to the team.
A school with no filtering is taking on a risk, including duty-of-care and, in some places, legal obligations around children's online safety. Take advice from your own counsel and your board. Skie provides the controls, and the school decides how to use them.
A practical tip: if the real worry is false blocks, solve that rather than removing the filter. Run a trial with the lighter filter on one group, collect blocked-site reports and adjust. Often the problem is one category, not the whole principle.