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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...

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Online Safety Help Videos

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

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

Youtube - Supervised Experience

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

Safeguarding: X

Managing In-Game Spending

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

The ABC online safety checklist

See also...

@Home

Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

Sport and PE

Parents Evening :: Year 13

SMS Text School Notifications

Parent's Evenings

Forms

Parents Evening :: Year 10

Find My Kids App

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Do you want to tell us anything?

Early Help

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Advice about improving your sleep

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

Safeguarding

Bullying and child on child abuse

Out of hours information

NHS 111 mental health support

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

New...

Summer 2026 Examinations

New Wolsey Youth Theatre applications are now open for September 2026

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

Parking - Hartismere Hospital

Print Exhibition at Wingfield Barns

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Open afternoons

Examination Arrangements: Summer 2026

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