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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 

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

Four months on: is Roblox any safer?

Online Safety Help Videos

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

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

Safeguarding: BeReal

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

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March 2026 Year 11 Mocks

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Computer Science Homework (years 7, 8 and 9)

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