Update 13:03: We are confident that the issue is now resolved.  We are now conducting a full investigation into why this occurred and our supplier is working with us.  Full details will be available shortly.

Update 09:38: We are seeing the alerts cleared and service is returning to normal.  We will continue to monitor and update this post once we have more information from the Essex Schools broadband supplier.

The same fault we experienced last week has occurred again.  Inbound email will be delayed.  Outbound email will be rejected and bounced.  An update is expected shortly.