
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.

In this section...
What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok
What is Character AI? What parents need to know
Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers
Youtube - Supervised Experience
See also...
Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism
New online safety priorities for Ofcom and effects of social media on children
Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
New...
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Hartismere Art & Photography Exhibition 2025
Pupil Premium Strategy Statement
Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article
Local Governing Body Information
5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns
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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Support Games GCE Fine Art Pupil Premium Internet Test App Parent ZEN Strategy Twitter Out Of Hours GCSE Emergency Rules
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