Keeping children safe online

To help your children use the internet safely, please read the official advice from the police on online safety for children. (CEOP) - see links below.

You can also see our page containing advice and links for children, which can be found below:

Our latest e-safety and acceptable use policy can be found here:

Key information & policies

SMART Rules Desktop Background

New sites added this year:

NSPCC and O2 Partnership )2 and the NSPCC have come together to produce this brilliant resource.

Vodaphone Digital Parenting Articles Vodaphone have produced a range of articles that support parents in suporting their children online - these come highly recommended and are updated regularly.

Reliable sites we've used in the past:

Online gaming: an introduction for parents and carers - 2017

SMART Rules Parental Leaflet

CEOP Website A police website containing advice for parents and children about internet safety. Also allows you to report any inappropriate online activity directed at children.

Think U Know for Parents Linking closely with our e-safety policy, this site gives lots of information about how to stay safe online. Highly recommended!

NSPCC Need-to-know Guides A series of guides for parents covering a range of issues

NSPCC Online Safety Helpful advice and tools you can use to help keep your child safe whenever and wherever they go online.

NSPCC - It's My Childline Website for under 12s

A guide for parents regarding social networking A practical guide for parents and carers whose children are using social media.

Radicalisation and Extremism Advice How to protect your child from radicalisation and extremism.

Parents Protect Part of a charity called the Lucy Faithful Foundation, this site gives lots of very useful advice - including a great jargon buster section.

Ask About Games Lots of advice about issues and dangers associated with online gaming.

Parent Zone Going way beyond just offering advice about online safety, there's lots of advice here for all sorts of issues affecting parents and carers of young people.

Internet Matters Lots of advice about inappropriate content, cyberbullying, online grooming, sexting, online reputation, self-Harm, online images and radicalisation.

Keeping your child safe on an iPad From techradar, a reputable technology site, this offers lots of advice about how to keep your child safe on an iPad.

Keeping your child safe on an Android device From techradar, a reputable technology site, this offers lots of advice about how to keep your child safe on an android device.

Safer Internet Centre Education packs giving advice on how to support children in using the internet safely.

Own It A BBC website to help minimise the risk for children aged 9 to 12 in the digital world.

Our Pact An app which helps parents to control their child's internet useage.

ParentINFO A collaboration between Parent Zone and CEOP providing support to teachers and parents

NSPCC Parents' digital safety and wellbeing kit A guide to support parents with their children's online safety

AACOSS online advice video Support video for parents in protecting children on line

Online safety: sharing videos and images Information on how to keep children safe when sharing videos and images

Coronavirus - support for parents to keep children safe online Guidance from the Government