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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...

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

New online safety priorities for Ofcom and effects of social media on children

Safeguarding: X

The ABC online safety checklist

Safeguarding: BeReal

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

Safeguarding: Instagram

See also...

Parents Evening :: Year 11

Sport and PE

Newsletters 2023-2024

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Friends of Hartismere School

Parents Evening :: Year 9

Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

Hartismail - emails and letters home

@Home

Explore...

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

Domestic Violence

Early Help

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

County lines

Cyberbullying Advice

Wellbeing

Bullying and child on child abuse

Safeguarding

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

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Hartismere Family :: Policy Documents

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Hartismere Family Data Protection Policy and Privacy Notice

Summer 2026 Examinations

Print Exhibition at Wingfield Barns

Increase in Fees for Instrumental/Vocal lessons from September 2026

Hartismere School & Sixth Form College

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Learning at Home Drugs exhibition Week Parent Information PTA Sport Year 12 Student Information Friends Of Hartisemere Exploitation Videos Routines Staff Notices Ofcom

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