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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...

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

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

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Online Safety Help Videos

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

Safeguarding: Instagram

The ABC online safety checklist

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Four months on: is Roblox any safer?

Managing In-Game Spending

See also...

Find My Kids App

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

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Early Help

Out of hours information

County lines

Wellbeing

Child to parent abuse

Bullying and child on child abuse

Explore...

24/7 Text support for Mental Health

Caught In The Web

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

NHS 111 mental health support

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

New...

Trip to Athens October 2026

Duke of Edinburgh Portal

School Policies

Parents Evening :: Year 12

WAR HORSE, Norwich Theatre Royal, Thursday 6th November 2025 Places available

Photography Competition

Music Evenings 2025

Bronze DofE Enrolment Letter 2025-2026

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Safeguarding Wellbeing Internet Safety Chat Bot Exploitation College Esafety Internet Spending Music Learning Support Computer Science Parent Information App Notices Art Policy Tiktok AI

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