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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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Safeguarding: BeReal

Online Safety Help Videos

Safeguarding: X

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Four months on: is Roblox any safer?

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

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

My Family's Digital Toolkit

AI and nude images

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County lines

Out of hours information

Child to parent abuse

Find My Kids App

Safeguarding

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Early Help

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

Domestic Violence

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Cyberbullying Advice

NHS 111 mental health support

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

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

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Dracula podcast

E-Safety

Summer 2026 Examinations

Hartismere School & Sixth Form College

Open afternoons

Vacancies

Change of Head of Year 9

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

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