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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: Instagram

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

The ABC online safety checklist

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Managing In-Game Spending

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Safeguarding: BeReal

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

See also...

Parents Evening :: Year 13

Newsletters 2023-2024

Sport and PE

Year 9 Options process for 2025

Parents Evening :: Year 10

Find My Kids App

Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

Forms

Friends of Hartismere School

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Advice about improving your sleep

Domestic Violence

Bullying and child on child abuse

Early Help

Wellbeing

NHS 111 mental health support

Out of hours information

Do you want to tell us anything?

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

Child to parent abuse

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Parents Evening :: Year 12

November 2025 GCSE Examinations

Our curriculum

December Mock Examinations

E-Safety

January 2026 Examinations

WAR HORSE, Norwich Theatre Royal, Thursday 6th November 2025 Places available

Photography Competition

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