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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 

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Careers & Apprenticeship Information

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Safeguarding: X

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

Youtube - Supervised Experience

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

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

Online Safety Help Videos

The ABC online safety checklist

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Find My Kids App

E-Safety

Advice about improving your sleep

NHS 111 mental health support

Bullying and child on child abuse

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Child to parent abuse

Early Help

Wellbeing

Cyberbullying Advice

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10S2 Moles

11S_Ch1 Potable and Waste Water

March 2026 Year 11 Mocks

Summer 2026 Examinations

11S_Ch1 Life Cycle Assessments

8yS/Sc4

Parents Evening :: Year 7

Examination Arrangements: Summer 2026

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Cyberbullying March Help Me Videos Twitter Homework YouTube Parentpay Assessment Term Dates Evening Examinations Uniform GCSE Test Internet Safety

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