After years of slow progress, September 2023 has seen the Online Safety Bill pass the final steps required to become law. This groundbreaking legislation is set to have a huge impact on the digital landscape and child protection, but what does it mean for schools? In this summary video, the OSA explains what the Online Read more about The Online Safety Bill Is Passing Into Law![…]
Stay Current with Online Safety: Introducing the Online Safety Updates Course Are you a dedicated school staff member who has already completed our comprehensive Online Safety course in a previous year? We understand the importance of keeping your knowledge up-to-date, without revisiting the entire course. That’s why we’re excited to introduce the Online Safety Updates Read more about Online Safety Updates for School Staff, 2023-24[…]
Empower Your Pupils with the Future of Learning: Introducing Our Groundbreaking AI Course! Attention all dedicated educators and school leaders! Are you ready to introduce your pupils to the exciting world of artificial intelligence? Look no further – our innovative AI course is here to equip them with essential knowledge and skills to excel in Read more about New Course: Certified AI User (KS3-5)[…]
Free accredited online safety CPD training for school staff.
Our popular CPD online safety course for school staff has been thoroughly updated for the 2023-24 academic year. Please see below for the change log of the updates and additions made. Module 1: Updated to reference KCSIE 2023 throughout Removed summary slide on filtering and monitoring as covered in more detail in the presentation to Read more about Online Safety for School Staff: Change Log for 2023-24[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
It is a statutory requirement that schools provide safeguarding training to their staff once a year as a minimum. The importance of current online safety issues being addressed within such training is more important than ever. The OSA Certificate of Online Safety (Staff CPD) has been developed to help you to address this requirement. Free to Read more about Free online safety CPD for teachers and school staff[…]