Website reputation report

sheffcol.ac.uk

Last checked 8 hours ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

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The Sheffield College is a general Further Education College in the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, providing high quality academic, technical and vocational training to enhance qualifications, skills and employability across the region.

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

60/100Safety Score
70%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History0 Infrastructure92 Website Security95 Security Hygiene35 Transparency49 Reputation50 Operational Stability84
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.

Independent evidence brief

What we observed about sheffcol.ac.uk

Updated Oct 3, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on sheffcol.ac.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 Sheffield College is a general Further Education College in the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, providing high quality academic, technical and vocational training…

Registrar and domain history

A reliable creation date was not returned by the registration lookup. The report leaves domain age unverified rather than guessing.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200 in about 2000 ms.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Mar 10, 2027.

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: 60/100. Evidence Confidence: 70%. These measure different things.

Community reviews of sheffcol.ac.uk

No approved visitor reviews yet. Visitor opinions remain separate from the technical Safety Score.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on sheffcol.ac.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 || The Sheffield CollegeThe Sheffield College is a further education college in Sheffield. About Us || The Sheffield CollegeThe Sheffield College is a general Further Education College in the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, providing high quality academic, technical and vocational training t Our mission, vision and values || The Sheffield CollegeOur Mission is to transform your life through leaning, through our five values, with a focus on Learning, People, Reputation and Sustainability. Student Experience || The Sheffield Collegehttps://sheffcol.ac.uk/student-experience Open Days || The Sheffield Collegehttps://sheffcol.ac.uk/open-days Meet the Executive Team || The Sheffield CollegeOur senior team is comprised of skilled industry professionals who make up our Executive Team and Governing Body, helping us to transform lives through learning. Campuses || The Sheffield Collegehttps://sheffcol.ac.uk/campuses Work for us || The Sheffield CollegeWhether you’re already in education or coming straight from industry, if you’re as excited as we are about changing lives — join us now and forge a rewarding, life-long career. Public Documents || The Sheffield CollegeThe public documents on this page are available to all users and include key policies, governance, financial information and more. Childcare and Nurseries || The Sheffield CollegeOur Nurseries provide a high quality educational and social experience for children aged 6 months to 7 years within a caring environment.

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on sheffcol.ac.uk

4 phrases

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

sheffield collegeTitle, H1, Meta description10 sampled pages
experienceTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
educationMeta description3 sampled pages
furtherH1, 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.

!

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%
0/100

Evidence is unavailable.

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%
35/100

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%
49/100

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%
84/100

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)2026-10-02T06:26:12+00:00
HTML bytes submitted56,261
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameNot listed in this snapshot
Feed downloaded (UTC)2026-10-03T00:00:08+00:00
Hosts in local snapshot386,082

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource analysis incomplete

6 resources checked · 6 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 scripts6
Inline scripts5
Embedded frames1
External script hosts2

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 domainsheffcol.ac.uk
RegistrarUnavailable
RegisteredUnavailable
Domain ageUnavailable
ExpiresUnavailable
Registry statusesUnavailable
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address194.83.24.247
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://sheffcol.ac.uk/
Endpoint194.83.24.247
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface18 records · 2 nameservers · 2 mail exchangers
Protection signals0 security headers · 5 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 size56,261 bytes
HTTP check duration2,000 ms
Cookies observed2
Script resources6 · 2 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks1 frames · 6 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=GB, organizationName=Sectigo Limited, commonName=Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA OV R36
Valid fromMar 10, 2026
Valid untilMar 10, 2027
Certificate names*.sheffcol.ac.uk · sheffcol.ac.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.

A194.83.24.247TTL —
NSns1.sheffcol.ac.ukTTL —
NSns4.ja.netTTL —
MX5 d215463.a.ess.uk.barracudanetworks.comTTL —
MX5 d215463.b.ess.uk.barracudanetworks.comTTL —
TXT7390AA62-46EB-4686-B60A-768A345B10F3TTL —
TXTadobe-idp-site-verification=dc579b3401e0f3982c8f2c8ea309ab658dd928b24e4607aa9a1eabc3f8f7d883TTL —
TXTapple-domain-verification=YJgiNf6JxXLkGPokTTL —
TXTautodesk-domain-verification=D5Ku5Njiqr6rpe1cqMZnTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=0SbSj4iNUTidos_8JrdR7k_sN0eRbt5ax9GuY7201c8TTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=A9QA5oO109TN6w6J-hmOqpo7u-eggxeLEYWkNQo-wCkTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=hNcnEvcjkt6LQB9h2bonI19LwYvlTBAXAV-8Umb9AmwTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=TiJE5J8Mt8WTkrlvMqPoXK5abZ1nzwBArGD_eDq2vLETTL —
TXTMS=ms16264962TTL —
TXTopenai-domain-verification=dv-Qp4HTlEk7eWgEypBrHcS6XlFTTL —
TXTremarkable-domain-verification=8d8fdd04-e8e2-40fa-9717-252e1e3dc84aTTL —
TXTv=spf1 ip4:194.83.25.14 ip4:194.83.24.240 ip4:198.15.116.21 ip4:184.95.37.11 ip4:81.19.183.183 include:cirqahosting.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:servers.mcsv.net include:spf.ess.uk.barracudanetworks.com -allTTL —
TXTwork-accounts-domain-verification=vgL6dXogLA4lgHPbLVek8vqeT1WxqFTTL —

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
DMARCPolicy record observed, not fully validated

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

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

0 observed

Header evidence is unavailable. Missing data is not treated as a clean result or proof of compromise.

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation
Cookies observed2
Missing Secure2
Missing HttpOnly1
Missing SameSite0

Only cookie attribute counts are retained. Cookie names and values are never stored. These observations are not proof of compromise and do not independently change the Safety Score.

Detected stack

Technologies

Bootstrap 80% Google Analytics 94% Google Tag Manager 96% jQuery 3.5.1 82% PHP 88%

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: 2026-10-03T02:40:06.283Z.

jquery 3.5.1 No known advisories matched this version in the database snapshot.
bootstrap 3.4.1 3 known advisories. CVE-2024-6485 CVE-2025-1647

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.

Recommended maintenance checks

jQueryConfirm the observed jQuery version is supported by your application and update it through your normal dependency process.
PHPCheck the PHP branch against your host support policy and plan updates before the branch reaches end of security support.

About this website

What the site says about itself

The Sheffield College is a general Further Education College in the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, providing high quality academic, technical and vocational training to enhance qualifications, skills and employability across the region.

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.

Phone01142602600Source: https://sheffcol.ac.uk/
Phone+441142602600Source: https://sheffcol.ac.uk/
Emailrebecca.bage@sheffcol.ac.ukSource: https://sheffcol.ac.uk/meet-the-team

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleHome || The Sheffield College
First headingGo further with the Sheffield College
DescriptionThe Sheffield College is a further education college in Sheffield.
Canonical URLhttps://sheffcol.ac.uk/
Final URLhttps://sheffcol.ac.uk/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=UTF-8 · 2000 ms
Languageen
Structured typesNone observed
Page page detectedhttps://sheffcol.ac.uk/student-experienceAbout page detectedhttps://sheffcol.ac.uk/about-us
missing100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
18100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
Local cookies.cookies missing samesite100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

0 recorded hops

No redirect hop was recorded for the sampled homepage.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

A comparison will appear after the next completed scan.

Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
calm-signal-mesh-543

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

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

Website icon for sheffcol.ac.uk

Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of sheffcol.ac.uk
Captured once in an isolated browser during this scan. Visual tint is an interface overlay. The original evidence is not duplicated.

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Questions about sheffcol.ac.uk

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Is sheffcol.ac.uk safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 60/100 with 70% 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 sheffcol.ac.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 sheffcol.ac.uk registered?

The registry lookup did not provide a reliable creation date in this scan.

Did sheffcol.ac.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 sheffcol.ac.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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