Online Safety
Keeping children safe online is a top priority. Our whole-school approach protects and educates pupils, students, and staff, and ensures concerns are identified and addressed quickly.
Online safety risks fall into four main areas:
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Content: Exposure to harmful or illegal material, such as pornography, fake news, racism, self-harm, or extremism.
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Contact: Harmful interactions with others online, including peer pressure, grooming, or exploitation.
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Conduct: Risky online behaviour, such as sharing explicit images or cyberbullying.
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Commerce: Risks from online gambling, scams, phishing, or inappropriate advertising.
If you suspect anyone is at risk, you can report it to the Anti-Phishing Working Group: https://apwg.org/
We teach the children about Online Safety throughout our curriculum at an age appropriate level. Please see Mr Wilson if you would like to know a good, age appropriate resource or video that you can share with your child to raise awareness with them at home or attend one of our Online Safety evenings for more information.
Here are our most recent Online Safety Newsletters for the most up to date Online Safety information - We have added the content of each newsletter to help you easily find key information regarding online safety.
January 2025 - Social Media Influencers
February 2025 - SquidGames / SnapChat
March 2025 - AI / Tik Tok
April 2025 - Screen Time / Group Chats
May 2025 - Online Privacy / Virtual Reality
June 2025 - Online Safety Act / AI
September 2025 - AI / Online Safety Acts
October 2025 - YouTube
November 2025 - WhatsApp / Age Ratings
December 2025 - Roblox / Smartphones
January 2026 - Instagram / Playing Games
February 2026 - Using AI to alter Images / Tik Tok
April 2026 - Age ratings in games
May 2026 - Navigating group chats
June 2026 - Online Scams
Our Online Safety Lead is Mr Wilson.
Parent Presentation - Please see below a parent presentation which will help support you with keeping your child safe online
parent online safety presentation for schools.pdf
