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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...

Safeguarding: BeReal

Four months on: is Roblox any safer?

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

AI and nude images

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

The ABC online safety checklist

Managing In-Game Spending

Safeguarding: X

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

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

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

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Do you want to tell us anything?

E-Safety

County lines

Child to parent abuse

Bullying and child on child abuse

Safeguarding

Find My Kids App

Out of hours information

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NHS 111 mental health support

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

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

Cyberbullying Advice

New...

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

Print Exhibition at Wingfield Barns

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Summer 2026 Examinations

Impact Evaluation of LAMDA Exams in Schools

Change of Head of Year 9

Hartismere Family :: Policy Documents

A levels: pre-reading and research materials

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Sixth Form Videos Mocks School Nurse Revision Esafety Celebrity Wellbeing A Level Roblox A Levels Evening Student Information Online AI Ofcom

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