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.
In this section...
Four months on: is Roblox any safer?
Youtube - Supervised Experience
Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content
Parent and carers guide to live streaming
Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers
How Ofcom is helping children to be safer online – a guide for parents
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Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
Advice about improving your sleep
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Examination Arrangements: Summer 2026
11S_Ch1 Life Cycle Assessments
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