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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...

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Managing In-Game Spending

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

AI and nude images

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

Safeguarding: BeReal

Online Safety Help Videos

Safeguarding: Instagram

See also...

Parents collecting pupils from school

Parents Evening :: Year 9

Newsletters 2023-2024

Parents Evening :: Year 7

Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)

SMS Text School Notifications

Parents Evening :: Year 10

Year 7 tutors/parents evening

Sport and PE

Parent's Evenings

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Do you want to tell us anything?

Advice about improving your sleep

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

Safeguarding

E-Safety

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Domestic Violence

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Early Help

Bullying and child on child abuse

New...

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Summer 2026 Examinations

The Wave - FULL REVISION

IT, COMMUNICATIONS AND AUDIOVISUAL TECHNICIAN

Science Technician

Lead Science Technician

Friends of Hartismere - Car Boot Sale

Parent & Carer Perception Survey

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