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.

In this section...
Four months on: is Roblox any safer?
Youtube - Supervised Experience
The ABC online safety checklist
Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers
How Ofcom is helping children to be safer online – a guide for parents
See also...
Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support
Hartismail - emails and letters home
Explore...
Advice about improving your sleep
Do you want to tell us anything?
Bullying and child on child abuse
Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism
TwitBook - Can you spot the problems with this profile page?
New...
Hartismere Family Data Protection Policy and Privacy Notice
Increase in Fees for Instrumental/Vocal lessons from September 2026
Hartismere School & Sixth Form College
Stranger Things, The First Shadow. The Phoenix Theatre, Friday 11th September.
Discover...
Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide notifications Parentpay Twitter My Hartismere App Revision A Level Hartismere Calendar Trips Hartismail @Home Online Safety Events Out Of Hours March
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