Online Safety

We take the safety of every member of our community very seriously, including their safety whilst using technology.

We have measures in place to protect our students whilst they are working online in school and we educate them on the importance of staying safe when they are not in school.

This section of our website contains information about keeping young people safe when they are using computers, mobile phones and gaming technology:

NSPCC/O2 resource, where they offer support online, over the phone and face to face with parents about keeping children safe online.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-we-do/about-us/partners/nspcc-o2-online-safety-partnership/

Support for parents and carers

http://www.paceuk.info/

Back to school basics for digital families:

http://www.slideshare.net/uKnowKids/back-to-schoolbasicsfordigitalfamilies-slideshare

Child Exploitation Online Protection (CEOP) Centre website for parents and carers:

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/

Internet Matters – this is the main online safety advice site for parents in the UK.

Internet Matters has a wealth of information for parents including simple tutorials on how to set up the internet filter on your broadband, settings for all devices, advice and guidance, and much more, the link is below:

www.internetmatters.org/

Common Sense Media – a huge site which allows you to search on a game or app to learn more about it. It also includes books and TV shows too

www.commonsensemedia.org/

Think you know website is also a great source of support, which sends out tasks and activities that families can complete together to get adults and children addressing concerns around staying safe online.

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/articles/what-is-live-streaming/

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/articles/what-is-the-internet-of-things-iot/

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/articles/Has-your-child-shared-a-nude-selfie-subtitled/

The video below gives some useful, simple advice and guidance for parents and carers regarding children and their online activities during the pandemic.

http://aacoss.org/parents/