Online Safety
The introduction of the Computing curriculum in England aims to equip pupils with the knowledge, understanding and skills to use information and communication technology creatively and purposefully.
A key aspect of this lies in being digitally literate. Online technologies play a huge role and so providing a broad and balanced online safety education at each key stage is vital to ensuring that pupils can navigate the online world safely and positively. Below are some resources that you might find helpful to better understand Online Safety.
The National College produce some helpful guides to support parents and educators on a wide range of topics. Please see below. These are regularly spotlighted in our weekly newsletters.
National College Parent and Educator Guides
- 10 top tips for parents and educators encouraging open conversations at home
- BlueSky app
- Build emotional resilience
- Bullying
- Choose respect
- Emotional literacy
- Energy drinks
- Fake news and scams
- Fire safety
- Fortnite
- Fostering a sense of belonging
- Health and fitness apps
- Healthy friendships
- Healthy sleepings habits
- Horror films and age ratings
- In-game chat
- Instagram 2025
- Justalk kids
- Lego fortnite
- Making friends online
- Managing exam stress
- Marvel rivals
- Mental health apps
- Minecraft 2025
- Monkey
- Online relationships dating apps
- Online trolling
- Palworld
- Promoting physical wellbeing
- QR code scams
- Roblox 2025
- Safety on the roads
- Safety over the festive season
- School avoidance
- Search engines
- Self regulation
- Snapchat
- Spending and saving
- Staying safe in hot weather
- Streamers
- Supporting children going back to school
- Supporting children to manage conflict effectively
- Supporting children to return to routine
- Teaching cycle safety
- Tiktok
- Tips for creating family rules for using devices
- Top tips for safety on social media
- Using and reviewing parental controls
- Using technology to boost reading skills
- What parents need to know about worry and anxiety
- WhatsApp 2025
- Zepeto
Useful Links
Keeping safe online
BBC Bitesize Foundation Personal Development and Mutual Understanding