Keeping your child safe online

Advice and guidance for parents

The internet is such an integral part of children’s lives these days. It opens up so many educational and social opportunities, giving them access to, quite literally, a world of information and experiences.

Whether on a computer at school, a laptop at home, a games console or mobile phone, children and young people are increasingly accessing the internet whenever they can and wherever they are.

As you would protect your child in the real world, you will want to make sure that they are safe whatever they are doing. Like learning to cross the road, online safety skills are skills for life. If your child understands the risks and can make sensible and informed choices online, they can get the most from the internet and stay safe whilst doing so – particularly from those people who might seek them out to harm them.

So, how can you protect your child online?

In this section we will provide links to websites that will provide you with all you need to know about how to ensure your child is safe when going online.

If you have any concerns about your child’s safety online, please contact the school for further support.

Useful Websites

02 Parents – http://www.o2.co.uk/parents

Think You Know – http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/

Childnet – http://www.childnet-int.org/

Staying safe online – http://www.swgfl.org.uk/staying-safe

Direct.gov.uk Advice – http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/YoungPeople/CrimeAndJustice/KeepingSafe/DG_10027670

Child Exploitation and Online Protection – http://www.ceop.police.uk/