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E-Safety

Safer Internet Day 2024

E – Safety Policy

Useful Links and Resources for Parents/ Carers

In this section parents and carers can find useful links and online resources available to support them in keeping their child/ children and families safe when online.
  • Our Safety Centre – Use the short videos and step-by-step prompt cards to ensure you have a safer online experience click here
  • Parent Zone – The experts in digital family life click here
  • Vodafone –  click here to find plenty of resources and support, that are regularly updated to help you make the right digital choices for your family, including a Parental Control Safety Setting GuideandDigital Parenting Guide.
  • Common Sense Media – Advice on books and games, apps etc click here
  • NSPCC (Keeping children safe online) advice and support if affected by online issues click here
  • Net Aware – Let’s keep kids safe online click here
  • Internet Matters – Helping parents keep their children safe online click here
  • CEOP Education (Think u know)  – The National Crime Agency’s CEOP Education team aim to help protect children and young people from online child sexual abuse.  click here for more information
  • Child net – advice and support for parents and carers click here 
  • Supporting young people online  – Information for foster carers and adoptive parents advice  click here

Technology Devices Information and Support IoT Internet of Things

  • Our daily lives have become more connected than ever before.
  • Internet-enabled devices can be found everywhere, from smart speakers to Bluetooth toothbrushes.
  • Click here to find out more about how to support your family to be safer using the Internet of Things

Apple Devices (Parental Advice)

  • Apple Families -Tools that let parents know, and feel good about, what kids are doing  click here
  • Family sharing – step by step guide on how to set up family sharing on your Apple devices click here
  • Parental Controls – step by step guide click here

Android Devices using Google Play (Parental Advice)

  • How to set parental controls on Google play store for Android devices click here