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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...

Online safety newsletters

Safeguarding: Instagram

The ABC online safety checklist

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Safeguarding: X

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Safeguarding: BeReal

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

See also...

Year 9 Options process for 2025

Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

Parents Evening :: Year 11

Parents

Hartismail - emails and letters home

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Parents Evening :: Year 10

Parent's Evenings

Forms

Find My Kids App

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NHS 111 mental health support

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

Domestic Violence

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Out of hours information

County lines

Safeguarding

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

Do you want to tell us anything?

Bullying and child on child abuse

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Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

What happens to your examination script?

Examination Rules, Guidance and Support

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

I Belong: encouraging girls into computer science programme

Hartismere Art & Photography Exhibition 2025

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

Local Governing Body Information

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