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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...

Safeguarding: Instagram

AI and nude images

Safeguarding: BeReal

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

Managing In-Game Spending

Online Safety Help Videos

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Safeguarding: X

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

The ABC online safety checklist

See also...

Year 7 tutors/parents evening

Friends of Hartismere School

Parents Evening :: Year 10

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)

Absence Request Form

SMS Text School Notifications

Term dates

@Home

Parents Evening :: Year 13

Explore...

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

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

Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)

Do you want to tell us anything?

Safeguarding

Bullying and child on child abuse

E-Safety

NHS 111 mental health support

Child to parent abuse

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

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Meshes of the Afternoon - Maya Deren (1943)

Parents Evening :: Year 9

Our curriculum

Young Performers Theatre Workshops - For 12-18's

Summer 2026 Examinations

Head of Department Psychology & Sociology

March 2026 Year 11 Mocks

Artist in Residence for 2026

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