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Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

This factsheet has been produced for: Parents and carers, to raise awareness of online safety. When asked about online gaming, 50% of parents said that they were worried about their child’s internet use, however, very few parents engaged with their children in regards to online gaming.

As parents it's important to be present and understand what your children are accessing online – by having an open conversation with each other, children are more likely to let you know if something doesn’t feel quite right before it escalates further.

We know it's hard to stay on top of your children's internet safety, however this resource can help with ways to safeguard your child when they are online.

The guidance will:

Documents

In this section...

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Safeguarding: Social Media & Mental Health

Online safety newsletters

Safeguarding: X

Safeguarding: Instagram

Online Safety Help Videos

The ABC online safety checklist

See also...

Advice about improving your sleep

County lines

Child to parent abuse

Out of hours information

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Domestic Violence

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

Early Help

Wellbeing

Do you want to tell us anything?

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Caught In The Web

Why Failure Hits Girls So Hard and How to Help Them Embrace It

24/7 Text support for Mental Health

NHS 111 mental health support

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

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Teacher of Mathematics (possibility to combine with a head of year post)

Local Governing Body Information

What happens to your examination script?

Teacher of Science

BACK TO THE FUTURE, the musical. Thursday 5th June 2025. Years 7 to 10.

Teacher of Science (possibility to combine with a head of year post)

Teacher of Mathematics (with specific year group responsibilities for key stage 5)

Teacher of History (possibility to combine with a head of year role)

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Safeguarding Wellbeing Internet Safety History Tiktok Theatre Teacher Hartismere GCE County Lines Ofcom College Online Safety Health GCSE Parent Information YouTube Guide Script

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