Online Safety
Online Safety
Online safety is an important part of keeping children safe.
We have security measures in place in school to help safeguard pupils from unsuitable material. Any Online safety incidents are recorded and managed in accordance with our Online safety Policy. Online safety is taught to all pupils explaining and demonstrating how to stay safe and behave appropriately online.
We can only be successful in keeping children safe online if we work with parents to ensure the Online safety message is consistent. It is important that parents speak to children about how they can keep safe and behave appropriately online.
At home, it is up to parents to ensure the internet is filtered. Depending on your internet service provider (ISP) and you anti-virus software, you will have a number of options to filter inappropriate sites and restrict access to chat rooms. You should look at your software guides or contact your provider if you are unsure about these. By simply changing some settings and password protecting them you can have more confidence that children are not accessing sites with adult content.
If they use chat sites to communicate with friends and you are reluctant to stop this then set rules and agree that you can monitor this occasionally to ensure they are only chatting with people they know in the 'real world' not an online person who could actually be anyone. You may be interested to watch this informative video from CEOP on you tube about the dangers that may occur from chat sites.
Informative links
The links below will provide more information about the internet and safe use of it.
The National Crime Agency's CEOP Education team aim to help protect children and young people from online abuse. They deliver a multi-agency service dedicated to tackling the abuse and exploitation of children in the real and online world. Often it is referred to as an online 999. By clicking on a button, children can get advice on a range of issues such as viruses, hacking and dealing with bullying online.
The link below provides information about the importance of Parental Controls and how to set these up.
https://www.ceopeducation.co.uk/parents/articles/Parental-controls/
Online Safety Guides
YouTube Kids Fact Sheet
Echo Chambers
Among UsInternet Safety Day 2025
Below you will find links to helpful websites.
Internet safety day will take place on February 11th 2025. The theme will be 'Too good to be true'.
More information will follow.
Tips, advice and guides for parents from the Safer Internet Centre
Reviews and information about games, apps and websites for parents.
Advice for parents and carers from Childnet
You may also like to visit the following websites:
Please note, we are not responsible for the content of links to other website but aim to check that they are appropriate for a school website. If you think a site is unsuitable and feel the link should be removed, please contact the school office.
Reminder to all parents: Facebook is one of the most popular websites in the world, with more than 900 million active users, however, parents must be aware that it has a minimum age limit of 13 years old. By simply changing some settings and creating a password to protect them, you can have more confidence that children are not accessing sites with adult content.