{"id":16403,"date":"2025-08-29T17:44:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/education\/?page_id=16403"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:50:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:50:45","slug":"new-forest-small-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/education\/customer-success-stories\/teacher-assist\/new-forest-small-school\/","title":{"rendered":"New Forest Small School"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16403\" class=\"elementor elementor-16403\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-101376bd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"101376bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e17ae3b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e17ae3b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-464cc941 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"464cc941\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"308\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/new-forest-small-school-logo.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16405\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/new-forest-small-school-logo.webp 308w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/new-forest-small-school-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/new-forest-small-school-logo-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a08488a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a08488a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">New Forest Small School<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fbd95f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3fbd95f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keeping Students Focused and On-Task\n<br> with Teacher Assist\n\n\n<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d18b31e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d18b31e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24b31218 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"24b31218\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/st-edward-the-confessor-school-img.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16406\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/st-edward-the-confessor-school-img.webp 1200w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/st-edward-the-confessor-school-img-300x175.webp 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/st-edward-the-confessor-school-img-1024x597.webp 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/st-edward-the-confessor-school-img-768x448.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a88f5f1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4a88f5f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b43e058 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1b43e058\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3093abf7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3093abf7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecb8356 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ecb8356\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75b6b448 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75b6b448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>New Forest Small School is a unique independent school in the UK that values a personalised, engaging approach to education. As the use of technology in lessons increased, staff recognised the challenge of keeping students focused and avoiding distractions from other online activities.\u00a0<\/p><p>Alex is the headteacher, so he went about looking for a solution that would give him and his teachers more control over student devices without increasing the IT workload or disrupting lesson flow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-532e7e3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"532e7e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fa534e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2fa534e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe8cf50 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fe8cf50\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c4453e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c4453e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Challenge<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7417bf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7417bf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Teachers often need to physically move around the classroom to check student screens, which is time-consuming and sometimes disruptive to the lesson. With more students working on devices, it was becoming harder to keep students on task and stop the distractions of chat, games, or social media. They needed to be able to respond quickly, investigate, and refocus students&#8217; attention on the task at hand.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23ecf846 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"23ecf846\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38245e9f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38245e9f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-582c9e97 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"582c9e97\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dea3e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2dea3e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Solution<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62f5bcff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62f5bcff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In early 2025, New Forest Small School implemented <a href=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/education\/products\/teacher-assist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teacher Assist<\/a> from GAT Labs, built for Google Workspace for Education. The rollout was immediate once the staff were trained. GAT Labs provided Live training sessions and hands-on guidance during the rollout.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Teachers now use Teacher Assist regularly to open or close student tabs remotely during lessons, push websites or resources directly to student devices, and block or allow specific websites on demand for individual classes or year groups. These features are used whenever technology is part of a lesson, particularly in subjects like music, where students can be easily distracted.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7126e473 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7126e473\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34645c01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"34645c01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a0c7ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a0c7ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Results<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-715f66aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"715f66aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #a71bca;\"><strong>For teachers<\/strong><\/span>, the tool has reduced the time spent manually monitoring screens, making it easier to redirect their attention with features like screen lock or broadcast. It allows faster delivery of resources to the whole class and reduces the need to walk around the classroom. It has brought greater consistency in behaviour management across staff.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #a71bca;\"><strong>For students,<\/strong><\/span> the focus has improved, and there are fewer distractions during lessons. More students are doing what they\u2019re supposed to be doing during class. They are more aware that their device use is monitored, which in turn has reduced their use of chat, games, or social media during class time.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #a71bca;\"><strong>For Administration and Safeguarding Leads<\/strong><\/span>, the school can identify repeat offenders accessing non-educational content by viewing reports of students&#8217; activity in the classroom session and support pastoral and safeguarding teams with digital behaviour evidence, enforce Acceptable Use Policies, and reduce the risk of exposure to harmful or unsafe online content.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ecdc20c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ecdc20c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-293c7def e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"293c7def\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56a77973 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56a77973\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Customer Voice<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f036a6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f036a6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur music teacher found it very helpful as students were being distracted by online activities. Teacher Assist supported her in keeping them on task.\u201d<\/span><\/i><strong>\n<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c38f7d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c38f7d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Alex James, <\/strong><br \/><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headteacher<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33e37571 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"33e37571\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53c9b4d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"53c9b4d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3229358 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3229358\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3314ac8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3314ac8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In less than six months, New Forest Small School has seen a significant improvement in lesson focus and digital behaviour management. Teacher Assist has not only empowered teachers to manage ICT use effectively but has also strengthened safeguarding and reduced reliance on IT intervention.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56fa89e0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"56fa89e0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bff3113 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bff3113\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab166e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab166e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Discover how GAT Labs can help your school manage your Google Classroom<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-626330e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"626330e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20c224a elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"20c224a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/education\/try-gat\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Start Your Free Trial<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79c4750 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"79c4750\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/education\/schedule-a-live-demo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Book a Demo<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5746fa4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5746fa4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49ad027 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"49ad027\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"en\">\n<head>\n  <meta charset=\"UTF-8\">\n<\/head>\n<body>\n  <strong>Prompts this page can help answer:<\/strong><br>\n  <ol>\n    <li>What challenges did <strong>New Forest Small School<\/strong> face in managing Google Drive and IT resources efficiently?<\/li>\n    <li>What risks are associated with <strong>external file sharing<\/strong> or mismanaged permissions in a school environment like New Forest Small School?<\/li>\n    <li>What tools or features from GAT Labs helped the school secure file permissions and monitor sharing? 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