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Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

This factsheet has been produced for: Parents and carers, to raise awareness of online safety. When asked about online gaming, 50% of parents said that they were worried about their child’s internet use, however, very few parents engaged with their children in regards to online gaming.

As parents it's important to be present and understand what your children are accessing online – by having an open conversation with each other, children are more likely to let you know if something doesn’t feel quite right before it escalates further.

We know it's hard to stay on top of your children's internet safety, however this resource can help with ways to safeguard your child when they are online.

The guidance will:

Documents

In this section...

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Safeguarding: X

Online safety newsletters

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Safeguarding: BeReal

The ABC online safety checklist

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Online Safety Help Videos

See also...

County lines

Wellbeing

Out of hours information

E-Safety

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Find My Kids App

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Safeguarding

Early Help

Explore...

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

NHS 111 mental health support

Why Failure Hits Girls So Hard and How to Help Them Embrace It

Caught In The Web

24/7 Text support for Mental Health

New...

Teacher of Sociology

Teacher of Health & Social Care

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Subject Lead - Health & Social Care

School Policies

Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

Learnit Physics Unit 7: Magnets

Useful Careers Websites

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Safeguarding Wellbeing Internet Safety Notices SCI Revision Internet Parent Bereal Help Me Safety Holiday Learning Support Forms Sixth Form Science Bullying Games Student Information Vacancies

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