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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 

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My Family's Digital Toolkit

Online Safety Help Videos

Safeguarding: X

Safeguarding: Instagram

The ABC online safety checklist

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Online safety newsletters

See also...

School Uniform

Forms

Parents Evening :: Year 11

Hartismail - emails and letters home

Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)

Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

Parents Evening :: Year 9

Parents Evening :: Year 12

Parent's Evenings

Year 8 Curriculum Spring term 2025

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NHS 111 mental health support

County lines

Child to parent abuse

Bullying and child on child abuse

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

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

E-Safety

Early Help

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

Wellbeing

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GCSE PAST PAPERS -ADDED FEB 2025

Oliver Tickets on Sale Now

Key Stage 4 Practical lessons

2025 Exam Preparation

Key Stage three photographs

Key Stage 3 practical sessions information - updated for February 2025

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Parents Evening :: Year 7

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