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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

Online Safety Help Videos

AI and nude images

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

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Safeguarding: Instagram

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Safeguarding: X

See also...

Help & Support

Change of Head of Year 9

SMS Text School Notifications

School Transport Information

Parents Evening :: Year 12

Parents Evening :: Year 13

Parents Evening :: Year 9

Parents collecting pupils from school

Change of Head of Year 7

Sixth Form students 16 - 19 Bursary criteria information 2026 - 2027

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

Wellbeing

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

County lines

Safeguarding

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Out of hours information

Child to parent abuse

E-Safety

Do you want to tell us anything?

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Early Help and Family Help

Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Harry Potter (One Part) Palace Theatre, London Wednesday, 13 January 2027.

Jeans for Genes

Paddington The Musical Savoy Theatre, London Thursday, 15 April 2027. Years 7 & 8

Operation Mincemeat. Fortune Theatre, London Tuesday, 22 September. Years 9 to 13

Stranger Things, The First Shadow. The Phoenix Theatre, Friday 11th September.

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Applications Sixth Form Revision Help Me Coronavirus Homework 16 - 19 Bursary Key Stage 4 Events Waveney Valley Online Safety Friends Of Hartisemere Statutory Information Year 12 Staff Information Year 13

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