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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

The ABC online safety checklist

AI and nude images

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

Safeguarding: Instagram

Online Safety Help Videos

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

See also...

School Uniform

Parent's Evenings

Parents Evening :: Year 13

SMS Text School Notifications

Parents Evening :: Year 7

Forms

Parents Evening :: Year 11

Term dates

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

Parents Evening :: Year 8

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County lines

Domestic Violence

Safeguarding

Advice about improving your sleep

E-Safety

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

NHS 111 mental health support

Do you want to tell us anything?

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

Out of hours information

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Higher Education Opportunity - LAMDA's (BA Hons) Production & Technical Arts

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Hartismere Staff Sketchbook Club Exhibition

Hartismere Family :: Policy Documents

We teach LAMDA

Summer 2026 Examinations

Impact Evaluation of LAMDA Exams in Schools

Parents Evening :: Year 9

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