Online grooming is an essential topic for all parents, carers and individuals working with young people to understand. Our image (shown above) raises just a few of the recent headlines relating to online grooming. Question One: Correct Answer: 5,000 According to data obtained by the NSPCC, the police recorded 5,161 crimes of ‘sexual communication with a Read more about Grooming Quiz Answers[…]
Video series – online safety for parents in 90 seconds. Update knowledge on bullying, grooming, sexting and more.
Safer Internet Day 2019 is taking place on Tuesday 5th February. Are you ready to raise the profile of online safety right across your school community? Schools are increasingly finding that there can be something of a disconnect between what pupils know they should do and what they actually do when it comes to the Read more about Resources for Safer Internet Day 2019[…]
WhatsApp has generally been seen as a safer social media option for children. However, schools are increasingly reporting that the platform is a source of problems, particularly with younger children. This page aims to provide parents and carers with sufficient information to ensure they are aware of the risks that come with the app, and Read more about WhatsApp – should parents be concerned?[…]
The free OSA CPD course for school staff is rapidly growing in popularity. A powerful safeguarding tool for ensuring all staff in your school community are aware of the online risks to children, how to help children stay safe, statutory requirements for staff, and staff responsibilities in their own use of social media. Details of Read more about Review of staff online safety CPD[…]
The debate as to whether children should be allowed to bring phones into school has raged for quite some time, with the French government notably taking a firm step of banning phones in primary, junior and middle schools from September. A number of other countries around the world are deciding whether to follow France’s lead. Read more about Culture Secretary seeks school phone ban[…]
The Online Safety Alliance has produced a set of eight glossy, colour posters to create an instant display for online safety / e-safety. Under the new statutory guidance for safeguarding, issues of online safety are taking more importance than ever. Schools need to be able to show that they are developing awareness among their pupils. Read more about Free online safety posters[…]
Safer Internet Day 2018 is fast approaching. On Tuesday 6th February schools up and down the country will be turning their attention to helping their pupils develop the knowledge and skills needed to stay safe online. Why not go the extra mile this year and get your pupils to undertake the OSA Certificate of Online Read more about Resources for Safer Internet Day 2018[…]
With Christmas just around the corner many parents will be turning to digital devices to be the present their teen or tween child will be most excited about. Many of these newly purchased devices will be disappearing into the bedrooms of children with doors closed. Parents need to be very concerned about how these devices Read more about Live streaming fears[…]
November 2017 Updates to content Peer-to-peer grooming is becoming an increasing problem, particularly with regard to encouraging sharing of inappropriate images. Games of ‘dare’ are being used which start small but lead the victim towards sharing of naked images. Our grooming unit has been updated to raise awareness of this and to encourage children to Read more about Certificate of Online Safety updates[…]