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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...

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Safeguarding: X

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

The ABC online safety checklist

How Ofcom is helping children to be safer online – a guide for parents

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

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Four months on: is Roblox any safer?

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

Safeguarding: BeReal

See also...

@Home

Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)

Parents Evening :: Year 7

Hartismail - emails and letters home

Sport and PE

Parents Evening :: Year 9

Year 9 Options process for 2025

Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

Parents Evening :: Year 11

Help & Support

Explore...

Bullying and child on child abuse

Safeguarding

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

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

Domestic Violence

Out of hours information

Do you want to tell us anything?

Wellbeing

Child to parent abuse

Early Help

New...

December Mock Examinations

48 Hour Scares

January 2026 Examinations

E-Safety

School Policies

Teacher of English - (Maternity cover - Possible TLR available)

Parents Evening :: Year 10

Learnit Physics: Formula Practice

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