Online Safety
Here you can find a range of links to help you to keep your child safe when online. If you require any further support, or have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the school.
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DfE Guidance on Online Safety This guidance outlines resources to help keep children safe from different risks online and where to go to receive support and advice.
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Thinkuknow Provides advice from the National Crime Agency (NCA) on staying safe online. Games and activities are available for children of all ages.
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Childnet A useful toolkit to support parents and carers of children of any age to start discussions about their online life, to set boundaries around online behaviour and technology use, and to find out where to get more help and support.
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Connect Safely A collection of short, clearly written guidebooks that demystify apps, services and platforms popular with kids, however most of these shouldn't be accessed by children under 13 years old.
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Internet Matters Provides age-specific online safety checklists, guides on how to set parental controls on a range of devices, and a host of practical tips to help children get the most out of their digital world.
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Let's Talk About It Advice for parents and carers to keep children safe from online radicalisation.
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London Grid for Learning Provides support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online, including tips to keep primary aged children safe online.
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Net Aware Support for parents and carers from the NSPCC, including a guide to social networks, apps and games.
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Parent info A collaboration between Parentzone and the NCA providing support and guidance for parents from leading experts and organisations.
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UK Safer Internet Centre Tips, advice, guides and other resources to help keep children safe online, including parental controls offered by home internet providers and safety tools on social networks and other online services.
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Report harmful content online If you've experienced or witnessed harm online, Report Harmful Content can help you to report harmful content online by providing up to date information on community standards and direct links to the correct reporting facilities across multiple platforms
Using Tik Tok Safely
More and more children are now using Tik Tok. make sure you know how to keep your child safe if they are using this:
Social Media Guides
Here are some useful guides on apps for children, social media guides and how to ensure safer settings:
Supporting Young People Online
Here you can find the useful booklet 'Supporting Young People Online' with handy hints and tips for parents and carers. This document is avaialble in several different languages which you can access below:
- Arabic - Supporting Young People Online
- Bengali - Supporting Young People Online
- English - Supporting Young People Online
- Farsi - Supporting Young People Online
- French - Supporting Young People Online
- Hindi - Supporting Young People Online
- Polish - Supporting Young People Online
- Punjabi - Supporting Young People Online
- Somali - Supporting Young People Online
- Spanish - Supporting Young People Online
- Turkish - Supporting Young People Online
- Urdu - Supporting Young People Online
- Vietnamese - Supporting Young People Online
- Welsh - Supporting Young People Online