e-Safety
In a nutshell, e-Safety is our ability as a school to provide protection and education to our pupils and staff in their use of technology and to have the mechanisms in place to intervene and support any incident where appropriate.
Is there additional support available?
Pupils can ask any member of staff for help or advice if they are concerned about any aspect of e-Safety Parents/carers contact the school if they have any concerns regarding e-safety or your child’s use of ICT in school.
How does the School promote e-Safety?
We aim to provide pupils with a safe learning environment by using appropriate monitoring and filtering to control access to relevant resources while on school premises.
What is meant by the term ‘technology’?
Technology is a broad term and encompasses many devices including Computers, Laptops, Tablets, Mobile Phones and the Internet.
How does the School teach pupils about e-Safety?
We are proactive in educating our pupils in the different aspects of e-Safety with topics covering…
- Digital footprints, sharing personal information and online reputation.
- Data protection, keeping yourself safe, viruses and hacking.
- Using Social Networking safely.
- Online behaviour, Cyber-bullying, respecting others and sexting.
- What to do when something goes wrong (e.g. uploading information or images by mistake, cyber-bullying), who to contact in school, parents, friends and other support organisations
UK Safer Internet Centre: Parents and Carers
Parents and carers play a key role in supporting children to learn about how to stay safe online, and they are one of the first people children turn to if things go wrong.
Childnet International
Questions and answers on hot topics related to e-Safety. Topics covered include Cyberbullying, Privacy Settings, Digital Welfare and more.
UK Safer Internet Centre: Resources for 11-19s
The internet is a brilliant place to connect with others, to be creative and to discover new things.
Here you will find films, games, quizzes and advice to help you to use the internet safely, responsibly and positively.
CEOP – Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
Are you worried about your child?
Has someone made you feel weird or uncomfortable online?
Your advice, help and report centre…
UK Safer Internet Centre
E-safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people stay safe on the internet.
Internet Matters
A guide that identifies what age your child needs to be in order to use specific social media sites.