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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...

Four months on: is Roblox any safer?

Safeguarding: X

Youtube - Supervised Experience

The ABC online safety checklist

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Safeguarding: BeReal

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

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

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

See also...

Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

Year 7 tutors/parents evening

Change of Head of Year 7

Hartismail - emails and letters home

Help & Support

Friends of Hartismere School

Parents Evening :: Year 12

School Transport Information

Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)

Term dates

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Advice about improving your sleep

Do you want to tell us anything?

Domestic Violence

Bullying and child on child abuse

Child to parent abuse

Early Help

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

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

Cyberbullying Advice

NHS 111 mental health support

New...

Summer 2026 Examinations

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.

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

E-Safety

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

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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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