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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...

How Ofcom is helping children to be safer online – a guide for parents

AI and nude images

Safeguarding: X

The ABC online safety checklist

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Four months on: is Roblox any safer?

See also...

School Transport Information

Newsletters 2023-2024

Friends of Hartismere School

Parents Evening :: Year 10

Hartismail - emails and letters home

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

Parents Evening :: Year 11

Parents

Parents Evening :: Year 7

Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)

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Child to parent abuse

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

NHS 111 mental health support

Cyberbullying Advice

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

County lines

Early Help

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

Wellbeing

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Waveney Valley Transport

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Stranger Things, The First Shadow. The Phoenix Theatre, Friday 11th September.

Examination Arrangements: Summer 2026

Open afternoons

E-Safety

Summer 2026 Examinations

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