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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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Safeguarding: Instagram

Online Safety Help Videos

Safeguarding: X

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Safeguarding: BeReal

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

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Year 7 tutors/parents evening

Parents Evening :: Year 7

Term dates

Newsletters 2023-2024

Parents Evening :: Year 11

Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)

Year 9 Options process for 2025

Parents Evening :: Year 13

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Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

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Advice about improving your sleep

Bullying and child on child abuse

Out of hours information

Cyberbullying Advice

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

Early Help

Do you want to tell us anything?

County lines

NHS 111 mental health support

Wellbeing

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E-Safety

My Hart Points

January 2026 Examinations

Spring Term Sports Club

Duke of Edinburgh Portal

Music club timetable

Summer 2026 Examinations

Teacher of English - (Maternity cover - Possible TLR available)

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