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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...

Youtube - Supervised Experience

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Safeguarding: BeReal

Managing In-Game Spending

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

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

AI and nude images

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

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Parents Evening :: Year 9

Sport and PE

Forms

Term dates

Hartismail - emails and letters home

Parents Evening :: Year 10

Parents Evening :: Year 13

Help & Support

Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)

Absence Request Form

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NHS 111 mental health support

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Do you want to tell us anything?

Advice about improving your sleep

Domestic Violence

Child to parent abuse

County lines

Cyberbullying Advice

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

Safeguarding

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April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

E-Safety

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Examination Arrangements: Summer 2026

School Policies

Summer 2026 Examinations

Parents collecting pupils from school

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