Online Safety

If you have a concern about your child and online safety (or any issue), it is useful to keep a diary of what your child says and the reasons you have concerns. This helps to build up a history if there is ever a need to take your concerns further.

Online Safety Policy

To view our Online Safety Webinar run by Karl Hopwood please click here and click watch on web instead. It is a recording of a previous live event. Once clicked, press join anonymously and it will load the recorded video.

This covers

What are children and young people really doing when they go online, as opposed to what they might tell their parents and carers that they are doing?
What are the real risks our children face online, with focus on the current trends found during COVID.
Technical and practical solutions that parents can do so that their children can benefit from all of the opportunities that exist online but in a safe and secure way.

Below are some links to help keep your children safe online

Gaming: What you need to know	Home activity packs : 15 minute activities to support online safety at home.
SWGfL and Internet Matters: Inclusive Digital Safety Hub
Keeping your under 5 safe online	Sharing pictures of your children online
All you need to know about Fortnite	Using Parental Controls
South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL)	Online and Mobile Safety: Childline
Online Safety: NSPCC	Childnet International
Supporting Young People Online	How to Protect Your Children on Their Smartphone
Common Sense Media	Help and advice for families in a digital world
Our Pact: Parental Control App	Netaware: NSPCC
Parentzone	Think U Know
DfE Advice on Cyberbullying	Setting up Youtube channels safely
Learning Disabilities, Autism and Internet Safety	Devon & Cornwall Police: Your Internet Safety
Govt. advice: Sexting	Sexting
Childnet info: Sexting	Devon & Cornwall Police: Sexting advice