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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...

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

Managing In-Game Spending

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

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Safeguarding: X

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Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Wellbeing

NHS 111 mental health support

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

Advice about improving your sleep

E-Safety

Cyberbullying Advice

Domestic Violence

County lines

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Farrand on Film: GCSE Film Studies, Component 1: US Films

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Parents Evening :: Year 11

March 2026 Year 11 Mocks

Summer 2026 Examinations

Teacher of English

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Teacher of Mathematics

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