Website reputation report

education-ni.gov.uk

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77/100Technical Safety ScoreIndependent technical assessment, not a visitor rating
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● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

The Department’s primary statutory duty is to promote the education of the people of Northern Ireland and to ensure the effective implementation of education policy. The Department’s main statutory areas of responsibility are 0-4 provision, primary, post-primary and special education and the youth service.

No listed local patterns observedHomepage-only analysis is not a malware clearance. Read the scope and findings below.

77/100Safety Score
75%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History90 Infrastructure92 Website Security95 Security Hygiene70 Transparency60 Reputation50 Operational Stability96
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Current report context

What changed since the last scan

  • No earlier report to compare
What this scan could verify · 6 observed, 0 unavailable
DNS observed
Registration lookup observed
Network observed
TLS observed
Website response observed
Website content observed

Unavailable and unperformed checks are not clean results. The detailed evidence below remains the source for each conclusion.

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Independent evidence brief

What we observed about education-ni.gov.uk

Updated Oct 12, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on education-ni.gov.uk. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its About page, the site says: The Department’s primary statutory duty is to promote the education of the people of Northern Ireland and to ensure the effective implementation of education…

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Jan 27, 2016. Registrar: Department of Finance.

Recorded expiry date: Jan 27, 2030. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Nov 26, 2026.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 77/100. Evidence Confidence: 75%. These measure different things.

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Visitor opinions remain separate from the technical Safety Score.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on education-ni.gov.uk

10 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

Home | Department of EducationWelcome to the home page of the Department of Education. Department of Education is part of the Northern Ireland Executive. About the Department of Education | Department of EducationAbout the Department of Education Contacts | Department of Educationhttps://www.education-ni.gov.uk/contact Teachers' Pay Team | Department of EducationThe preferred method of contacting Teachers’ Pay Team is by email.If you have any queries as regards self service for new pay system, please contact Oracle (EAOne) HR/Payroll queri Teachers' Pensions Team | Department of EducationThis page contains contact information for the following:Teacher’s making enquiries about their existing pension.Teachers planning for retirement.Annual Benefit Statement enquiries Givan opens new classroom extension at Killyman Primary School | Department of EducationEducation Minister Paul Givan has officially opened new facilities at Killyman Primary School. Improvements include a new two classroom extension, a dedicated learning space for sm Education Minister confirms new build school for Roddensvale | Department of EducationEducation Minister Paul Givan has today announced that plans for a new building for Roddensvale School, Larne will progress to the pre-tender stage as part of the Special Education More children to benefit from Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme | Department of EducationEducation Minister Paul Givan has announced a change to the eligibility criteria for the Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme (NICSS) that will ensure summer-born children ent News | Department of Educationhttps://www.education-ni.gov.uk/news Applications sought for DE appointed members to the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment and the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools and itThe Department of Education has launched a combined public appointments competition to appoint four members to the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment (CCEA) and

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on education-ni.gov.uk

10 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

department ofTitle, H1, Meta description10 sampled pages
schoolTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
teachersTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
teamTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
givanTitle, H1, Meta description3 sampled pages
ministerTitle, H1, Meta description3 sampled pages
northern irelandTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
minister paul givanMeta description3 sampled pages
givan hasMeta description3 sampled pages
benefitTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

✓

Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

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Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Verify before sensitive actions

Check the exact URL and context before payments, credentials, or downloads.

Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
90/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
92/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
70/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
60/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
96/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLNo signature match in the sampled HTML
Engine version1.5.4
Signature database date (UTC)2026-10-12T06:24:02+00:00
HTML bytes submitted51,092
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameNot listed in this snapshot
Feed downloaded (UTC)2026-10-12T18:00:14+00:00
Hosts in local snapshot386,082

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource analysis incomplete

6 resources checked · 5 script links observed on the homepage. Partial resource coverage.

ClamAV inspects the fetched homepage HTML on our server. New scans also sample up to four linked scripts and two collected internal pages, with size and time limits. Scripts are not executed. Other downloads, private server files and logged-in pages remain outside this check. A signature match needs investigation and can be a false positive. No match is not a whole-site safety guarantee.

Exact hostname lookup uses a downloaded Phishing.Database snapshot. It does not send this domain to an external lookup API or mark sibling subdomains as harmful. Not listed does not mean safe. Snapshot age is download age, not proof that every entry was recently revalidated.

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v2

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Page resource inventory

Linked scripts5
Inline scripts0
Embedded frames1
External script hosts0

Counts describe the sampled HTML, not every resource loaded by the browser. External resources are common and are not automatically harmful.

No listed local patterns observed. The limited rule set cannot detect every threat or behavior.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domaineducation-ni.gov.uk
RegistrarDepartment of Finance
RegisteredJan 27, 2016
Domain age10 years
ExpiresJan 27, 2030
Registry statusesserver delete prohibited · server update prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address151.101.194.216
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNNot detected
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/
Endpoint151.101.194.216
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface27 records · 7 nameservers · 2 mail exchangers
Protection signals3 security headers · 2 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size51,092 bytes
HTTP check duration0 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resources5 · 0 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks1 frames · 6 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Let's Encrypt, commonName=YR1
Valid fromAug 28, 2026
Valid untilNov 26, 2026
Certificate namescommunities-ni.gov.uk · daera-ni.gov.uk · economy-ni.gov.uk · education-ni.gov.uk · executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk · finance-ni.gov.uk · health-ni.gov.uk · infrastructure-ni.gov.uk · justice-ni.gov.uk · nigov.main-bvxea6i-dnvkwx4xjhiza.uk-1.platformsh.site · northernireland.gov.uk · www.communities-ni.gov.uk · www.daera-ni.gov.uk · www.economy-ni.gov.uk · www.education-ni.gov.uk · www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk · www.finance-ni.gov.uk · www.health-ni.gov.uk · www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk · www.justice-ni.gov.uk · www.northernireland.gov.uk

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A151.101.194.216TTL —
NSns1.bb-online.netTTL —
NSns1.nics.gov.ukTTL —
NSns2.bb-online.orgTTL —
NSns2.nics.gov.ukTTL —
NSns3.bb-online.infoTTL —
NSns3.bb-online.ukTTL —
NSns4.bb-online.bizTTL —
MX10 mx-01-eu-west-1.prod.hydra.sophos.comTTL —
MX20 mx-02-eu-west-1.prod.hydra.sophos.comTTL —
TXT_globalsign-domain-verification=m4hGMtXvh3r-Gih6gicAhxgyESCqZYo3Je16bXhqDfTTL —
TXT26ng0zcq47bfxzf0t9vcm3j1tc6j0g0kTTL —
TXT365hmq8fmpzr9fqx0y13cgg8f1znw3xfTTL —
TXT4vhg7dzl6yfzhhxyykpm0dymc3wl2w4bTTL —
TXT5zck5np7bb3nktmjtxbz9plqlv8nrtb5TTL —
TXT6tmy1kqym6lvzdy2lw50jbjjl1c340x1TTL —
TXT7mgpcs2vjvyy591fzhgkttkz2gy67j3yTTL —
TXTh5+wJaniziIle3oxFlrPSFWrq8HcW7cKgd2GNcUAZuFstUiz5acC0x3mHMcIlBykQ3lmoOgRpbjJelx898+Grg==TTL —
TXTklrxxmy1mlgdyzk5f5s6k52ynr6kkqfhTTL —
TXTMS=ms49105954TTL —
TXTr3nxytdfqc0231552wcjj42zwkcf20svTTL —
TXTsb2cdmbk9b1f59jddwz841n3yls11s2wTTL —
TXTsfylh77f5f4mrgw8zpdwpppv4wg0r92lTTL —
TXTsophos-domain-verification=c945bf9c0d7b097360f1c1943cf6ee81a5570322TTL —
TXTv=spf1 ip4:194.32.29.0/24 ip4:194.32.31.0/24 ip4:85.210.65.49 ip4:20.162.106.173 ip4:52.208.126.243 ip4:52.31.106.198 ip4:198.154.180.128/26 a:mailuks.avs.civica.com a:mailukw.avs.civica.com include:_spf_euwest1.prod.hydra.sophos.com include:spf.protect" "ion.outlook.com -allTTL —
TXTwxqb7qqwkpkdxvzvclkc1f2860xkzcl7TTL —
TXTyc0v3lcwgm853s9dttdkqlwfnm5tv4ltTTL —

DNS observations · no external lookup API

Domain email protection

Exact-host SPF and DMARC observations help the owner investigate email impersonation risks. They are separate from website malware checks and do not change the Safety Score.

SPFPolicy record observed, not fully validated
DMARCDMARC policy applies to a sample of messages

What to do next

Review the records with your mail administrator. Inventory legitimate senders and test SPF and DKIM alignment before enforcing a stricter DMARC policy. Fix duplicate records and investigate overly permissive SPF rules.

This bounded check does not send email, probe SMTP, evaluate recursive SPF includes, verify DKIM signatures or apply organizational-domain DMARC inheritance. A missing subdomain record does not prove that no inherited protection exists. A DNS timeout is unknown, not an absent record. A policy record is not proof that messages authenticate successfully.

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation
StatusPublished and readable
Security contacts1
Policy linkObserved
ExpiryValid when observed

This is a public vulnerability-reporting contact file. Its presence does not prove that the website is safe and does not change the independent Safety Score.

Browser protections

Security headers

3 observed
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=31557600
x-content-type-optionspresent nosniff
x-frame-optionspresent SAMEORIGIN

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation

No Set-Cookie header was observed on the sampled homepage response. Other pages may set cookies separately.

Detected stack

Technologies

Bootstrap 80% Tailwind CSS 72%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

4 sampled JavaScript files checked locally with Retire.js. Database snapshot: 2026-10-12T02:40:13.167Z.

No supported library version was identified in the sampled files. This does not establish that the scripts are safe.

A version match is not proof that the website is infected or that an issue is exploitable here. Owners should review the advisory, check whether their code is affected and test an update. Up to four external script files are sampled, not every dependency, inline script or dynamically loaded resource.

About this website

What the site says about itself

The Department’s primary statutory duty is to promote the education of the people of Northern Ireland and to ensure the effective implementation of education policy. The Department’s main statutory areas of responsibility are 0-4 provision, primary, post-primary and special education and the youth service.

View the site's About page ↗

This is publisher supplied information. The independent safety findings are shown separately.

Publisher supplied

Public contact details

These details were observed on the website, not independently verified as an active support channel.

Emailde.dewebmail@education-ni.gov.ukSource: https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/
Emailtemporarysection@education-ni.gov.ukSource: https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/contacts/teachers-pay-team
Emaileaschools.teacherspay@education-ni.gov.ukSource: https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/contacts/teachers-pay-team
Emailccmsschools.teacherspay@education-ni.gov.ukSource: https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/contacts/teachers-pay-team
Emailotherschools.teacherspay@education-ni.gov.ukSource: https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/contacts/teachers-pay-team

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleHome | Department of Education
First headingWelcome to Department for Education
DescriptionWelcome to the home page of the Department of Education. Department of Education is part of the Northern Ireland Executive.
Canonical URLhttps://www.education-ni.gov.uk/
Final URLhttps://www.education-ni.gov.uk/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=UTF-8 · duration unavailable
Languageen
Structured typesNone observed
Page page detectedhttps://www.education-ni.gov.uk/news/givan-opens-new-classroom-extension-killyman-primary-schoolAbout page detectedhttps://www.education-ni.gov.uk/articles/about-department-educationContact page detectedhttps://www.education-ni.gov.uk/contact
present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Security txt.has canonical100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts include subdomains100% evidence confidence
27100% evidence confidence
7100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts preload100% evidence confidence
31557600100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/

The chain is shown exactly as observed by the scanner. A redirect is not itself a malware finding, but unexpected domains or an HTTP downgrade deserve review.

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What changed

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Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
quiet-vector-field-462

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

Show change history

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

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Visual evidence

Website screenshot

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Questions about education-ni.gov.uk

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Is education-ni.gov.uk safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 77/100 with 75% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on education-ni.gov.uk?

ClamAV found no signature match in the sampled homepage HTML. External scripts, downloads and private server files were not checked. This is not a whole-site malware clearance.

When was education-ni.gov.uk registered?

The public registry record shows Jan 27, 2016. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did education-ni.gov.uk have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does education-ni.gov.uk describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.

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