Online Safety
At the College, we are aware that the online world that our pupils are growing up in has great benefit to them but also poses signifcant risks. We aim in school to raise awareness of the risks, highlighting the impact of behaviour when engaging with online technologies and educating children and young people about how to act appropriately and stay safe.
We also want to inform you, our parents/guardians of these issues by making important online safety messages available through our school website and social media where appropriate.
Below are a series of links and resources which you may find useful:
Financially motivated sexual extortion: alert for education settings
TikTok Guide for Parents and Carers
Online bullying: Information for parents and carers
UK Safer Internet Centre - Tips, advice, guides and resources to help keep your child safe online
NSPCC - Starting family conversations about online safety
Report Harmful Content
The national reporting centre assisting everyone in reporting legal but harmful content online
Report Remove
It’s against the law for anyone to share a sexual image or video of someone who’s under 18. Childline is working with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and Yoti to help remove any sexual image or video of young people that’s online.
Report Remove is safe, easy and free – just follow these steps:
- choose the correct age range
- create a Childline account so updates on reports can be sent
- report the image or video to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
- talk to a Childline counsellor if young people want any extra support, or access support on the Childline website
- check the Childline locker a few days after a report to see if there is a need to add any more information and to see updates on a report
- report any issues with this process by sending an email from the Childline locker with the subject 'Report Remove' and as much information about the problem as possible.
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