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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...

Four months on: is Roblox any safer?

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Safeguarding: BeReal

AI and nude images

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

The ABC online safety checklist

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

My Family's Digital Toolkit

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

See also...

Help & Support

Parents Evening :: Year 12

Parents

@Home

Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)

Find My Kids App

Hartismail - emails and letters home

Term dates

Newsletters 2023-2024

Friends of Hartismere School

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

Domestic Violence

Cyberbullying Advice

County lines

Bullying and child on child abuse

NHS 111 mental health support

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Advice about improving your sleep

Child to parent abuse

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Summer 2026 Examinations

Farrand on Film: GCSE Film Studies, Component 1: US Films

Internships

Get involved in the Hartismere: 'Focus Your Fitness February Challenge!

Teacher of Mathematics

March 2026 Year 11 Mocks

Teacher of English

Parents Evening :: Year 11

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