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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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Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Safeguarding: X

My Family's Digital Toolkit

The ABC online safety checklist

Safeguarding: BeReal

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

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Parents

School Uniform

Parents Evening :: Year 7

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Parent's Evenings

Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

Forms

Help & Support

Parents Evening :: Year 9

Friends of Hartismere School

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TwitBook - Can you spot the problems with this profile page?

Wellbeing

Bullying and child on child abuse

Out of hours information

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

E-Safety

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

NHS 111 mental health support

Early Help

Advice about improving your sleep

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Correspondence from the Exams Office

January 2026 Examinations

Vacancies

November 2025 GCSE Examinations

Trip to Athens October 2026

9S5 Cover 23/10/25

December Mock Examinations

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