Comment Ubuntu locked down for a school environment (Score 3, Insightful) 387
I worked on this project for a Primary school. It's worked well for >2 years for 120 pupils.
http://linuxcentre.net/wiki/
The parts about automatically resetting the homedir after reboot is probably of interest to you.
http://linuxcentre.net/wiki/index.php/Detailed_Maverick_Meerkat_OS_Netbook_Customisation below Home_Directory_Synchronisation