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Safeguarding: Social Media & Mental Health

Social Media is often scrutinised as having a negative impact on children’s mental health. Children and young people are now growing up in a technology dominated world, and social media plays a major role in their social lives. This balanced guide focuses at both the positive and negative impacts that social media can bring to young people and their mental health.

https://nationalonlinesafety.com/hub/view/guide/social-media-mental-health-the-positive-and-negative-impacts 

In this section...

The ABC online safety checklist

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

Managing In-Game Spending

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Online Safety Help Videos

New online safety priorities for Ofcom and effects of social media on children

Safeguarding: Instagram

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

See also...

Find My Kids App

School Uniform

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Help & Support

Parents Evening :: Year 13

Newsletters 2023-2024

SMS Text School Notifications

Hartismail - emails and letters home

Parents Evening :: Year 11

Absence Request Form

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Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Bullying and child on child abuse

TwitBook - Can you spot the problems with this profile page?

NHS 111 mental health support

Safeguarding

Domestic Violence

Out of hours information

Do you want to tell us anything?

Advice about improving your sleep

County lines

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WAR HORSE, Norwich Theatre Royal, Thursday 6th November 2025 Places available

Duke of Edinburgh Portal

Photography Competition

Parents Evening :: Year 12

School Policies

Bronze DofE Enrolment Letter 2025-2026

9S5 Cover 23/10/25

Trip to Athens October 2026

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