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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?

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

Safeguarding: BeReal

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Safeguarding: Instagram

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Youtube - Supervised Experience

See also...

Parents

Parents Evening :: Year 10

SMS Text School Notifications

Absence Request Form

Forms

Find My Kids App

Parents Evening :: Year 13

Sport and PE

Hartismail - emails and letters home

Parents Evening :: Year 12

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Early Help

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

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

Advice about improving your sleep

E-Safety

Child to parent abuse

Cyberbullying Advice

Domestic Violence

Bullying and child on child abuse

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June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Learning Support Assistant and Mentor

Useful Careers Websites

Summer 2026 Examinations

art & science exhibition of year 8 work

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