This week's free online safety guide focuses on horror games, it takes a look at a number of risks such as adult themes, psychological horror and violent content.
Course Duration: 1 hour 1 minute (approx.) This Essential CPD course provides you with the knowledge and understanding of the key events that took place during the Holocaust, as well as the importance of educating future generations to help remember past experiences.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Replika, it takes a look at a number of risks such as possible addiction, inappropriate content and in-app purchases.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Fortnite Chapter 3, it takes a look at a number of risks such as scams, in-app purchases and user-controlled content.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on setting up new devices for children, it takes a look at a number of tips such as adjusting the screen time settings, setting windows limits and installing Xbox family settings.
Webinar Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide school leaders and teaching staff with practical guidance and advice on how to develop strategies in the classroom and at home which support children and young people to manage their screen time and develop healthy screen habits.
Webinar Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide school leaders and teaching staff with practical guidance and advice on how to develop strategies in the classroom and at home which support children and young people to manage their screen time and develop healthy screen habits.
Webinar Duration: 54 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide governors, headteachers, senior leaders and all school staff with an insight into and understanding of the radical right and practical advice on how to safeguard children from radicalisation and grooming online.
Webinar Duration: 54 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide governors, headteachers, senior leaders and all school staff with an insight into and understanding of the radical right and practical advice on how to safeguard children from radicalisation and grooming online.
Course Duration: 54 minutes (approx.) This Essential CPD course provides you with the knowledge and skills to understand what menopause is and recognise and support colleagues who may be experiencing symptoms.
Course Duration: 57 minutes (approx.) This Essential CPD course provides you with the knowledge and skills to understand what menopause is and recognise and support colleagues who may be experiencing symptoms.
This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to understand, identify and support children who may be vulnerable to exploitation and at risk of being recruited into county lines.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on making the most of the online world this Christmas, it takes a look at a number of tips such as video calling family members, playing video games as a family and listening to your favourite seasonal songs online.
Course Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes (approx.) This course provides senior mental health leads with a clear understanding of their role and supports them to develop a clear vision and strategic plan which effects change, helps enhance pupil outcomes and delivers greater emotional and physical wellbeing for all stakeholders.
Course Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes (approx.) This course provides senior mental health leads with a clear understanding of their role and supports them to develop a clear vision and strategic plan which effects change, helps enhance pupil outcomes and delivers greater emotional and physical wellbeing for all stakeholders.
Webinar Duration: 47 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide governors, headteachers, senior leaders and all school staff with practical guidance and support on understanding, developing and implementing measures to help keep themselves safe online and guard against online abuse or harassment.
Webinar Duration: 47 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide governors, headteachers, senior leaders and all school staff with practical guidance and support on understanding, developing and implementing measures to help keep themselves safe online and guard against online abuse or harassment.
They’re back! Those loveable lads from Musicalternative have teamed up with us again to scatter a seasonal soupçon of sparkle.
By now you’ll have seen our collaboration with Musicalternative for this year’s National Online Safety Christmas song. If you feel like joining in – perhaps with your family or with your class – we’ve reproduced the lyrics here for you!
This week's free online safety guide focuses on age-inappropriate content, it takes a look at a number of risks such as social media, gaming and adverts.
Webinar Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes (approx.) This webinar provides senior leaders, designated safeguarding leads (DSLs) and staff with practical guidance and support on raising online safeguarding concerns with respect to self-generated intimate content and what to expect in the event of a disclosure from a child.
Webinar Duration: 57 minutes The second webinar in this series will provide senior leaders and teaching staff with advice and guidance on how selected educational technology tools and platforms – for a range of ages, abilities and contexts – can support teachers in boosting pupil understanding and outcomes.
Course Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide headteachers, school leaders and all school staff with an understanding of the psychological, emotional and physiological impact of age-inappropriate content and practical guidance on supporting children who may have been affected by it.
Course Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide headteachers, school leaders and all school staff with an understanding of the psychological, emotional and physiological impact of age-inappropriate content and practical guidance on supporting children who may have been affected by it.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Cyber Monday, it takes a look at a number of tips such as making sure the site is secure, how to spot phishing attacks and checking the small print.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Black Friday, it takes a look at a number of tips such as how to check the sites secure, how to identify a phishing attack and how to check if you’re really getting a ‘deal’.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on cryptocurrency, it takes a look at a number of risks such as complex technology, scams and risky investments.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on sharing kindness online, it takes a look at a number of tips such as reaching out, thinking before commenting and recommending fun things.
Course Duration: 44 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the knowledge and skills understand, identify and support children who may be at risk of or involved in forced marriage.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Netflix, it takes a look at a number of risks such as screen addiction, inappropriate content and hacking attempts.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Snapchat, it takes a look at a number of risks such as sexting, visible location and strangers.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Squid Game, it takes a look at a number of risks such as inappropriate content, viral spin-offs and scene re-enactments.
Course Duration: 21 minutes (approx.) This Essential CPD course provides you with the knowledge and skills to understand the legislative requirements associated with lone working and how to identify, assess and manage the risks to create a safe working environment.
Course Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course will provide you with the core content you need to understand your statutory duties under the SCR, strengthen your understanding of administration and maintenance and develop best practice methods to ensure compliance.
Course Duration: 2 hours 12 minutes (approx.) This Essential CPD course will provide you with the core content you need to build your subject leadership skills, strengthening your ability to tackle challenging situations and inspiring your team to deliver successful outcomes.
Course Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course will provide you with the core content you need to build your subject leadership skills, strengthening your ability to tackle challenging situations and inspiring your team to deliver successful outcomes.
Webinar Duration: 48 minutes (approx.) The first in a series, this webinar will provide senior leaders and teaching staff with advice and guidance on how selected educational technology tools and platforms – for a range of ages, abilities and contexts – can support teachers in boosting pupil understanding and outcomes.
Webinar Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide governors, headteachers, senior leaders and all school staff with practical guidance and advice on understanding how children can access age-inappropriate content online and implementing measures to reduce the associated risks and build their digital resilience.
Webinar Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide governors, headteachers, senior leaders and all school staff with practical guidance and advice on understanding how children can access age-inappropriate content online and implementing measures to reduce the associated risks and build their digital resilience.
Webinar Duration: 49 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide senior leaders, SENDCOs, safeguarding leads and teaching staff with practical guidance and insight into how young learners with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) can interact with technology in empowering, beneficial ways in both school and home environments.
Webinar Duration: 56 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide governors, headteachers, senior leaders, DSLs and school staff with practical guidance and advice on how they can implement a comprehensive multi-agency approach to online safety in line with DfE statutory requirements to safeguard children from harm.
Course Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course will provide you with the core content you need to build your subject leadership skills, strengthening your ability to tackle challenging situations and inspiring your team to deliver successful outcomes.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on TikTok, it takes a look at a number of risks such as age-inappropriate content, addiction and in-app spending.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on social bots, it takes a look at a number of risks such as cyberbullying, extortion and astroturfing.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Apple Guided Access, detailing step-by-step instructions for parents on how to set it up and how to switch it on.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Tinder, it takes a look at a number of risks such as privacy concerns, emotional harm and pressure to meet strangers.
Webinar Duration: 56 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide governors, headteachers, DSLs and teaching staff with practical guidance and support on developing and implementing preventative and responsive measures towards online sexual abuse and delivering a whole-school community approach.
Webinar Duration: 44 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide headteachers, online safety leads, PSHE/RSHE leads and teachers with practical guidance and advice on developing an online safety curriculum that meets DfE statutory requirements and ensures children understand how to stay safe and behave online.
Webinar Duration: 49 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide headteachers, online safety leads, PSHE/RSHE leads and teachers with practical guidance and advice on developing an online safety curriculum that meets DfE statutory requirements and ensures children understand how to stay safe and behave online.
Webinar Duration: 56 minutes (approx.)This webinar will provide headteachers, senior leaders, DSLs and teaching staff with an understanding of and practical insight into peer on peer abuse online and how to develop measures to prevent, react and respond to incidents in line with statutory safeguarding guidance.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Pokémon GO, it takes a look at a number of risks such as environmental hazards, strangers and data collection.
Webinar Duration: 45 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide headteachers, senior leaders, SENDCOs, DSLs, teachers and teaching assistants with practical guidance on implementing protective measures against cyberbullying to maximise online opportunities for pupils with SEND.
Webinar Duration: 49 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide headteachers, senior leaders, SENDCOs, DSLs, teachers and teaching assistants with practical guidance on implementing protective measures against cyberbullying to maximise online opportunities for pupils with SEND.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on how to set up parental controls for iPhone apps, it takes a look at a number of tips such as how to restrict built in apps, the game centre and app store purchases.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on how to set up parental controls for Android apps, it takes a look at a number of tips such as how to block app downloads, how to stop auto-updates and how to restrict apps.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on social media scams, it takes a look at a number of risks such as phishing scams, untrustworthy URLs and 'payment first' scams.
Course Duration: 82 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to ensure you understand the roles and responsibilities of the fire warden role and what your duties are under the latest fire legislation.
Course Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes (maximum) Our Essential CPD course on display screen equipment provides you and your staff with the core content you need to ensure adherence with all your DSE regulations.
Course Duration: 120 minutes (approx.) Our essential CPD course in data protection provides you with the core content you need to ensure you are complying with your legal responsibilities in protecting personal data.
Course Duration: 135 minutes (approx.) Our essential CPD course in data protection provides you with the core content you need to ensure you are complying with your legal responsibilities in protecting personal data.
Course Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes (maximum) Our essential CPD course in data protection provides you with the core content you need to ensure you are complying with your legal responsibilities in protecting personal data.
Course Duration: 2 hours 16 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand the legal requirements surrounding food preparation, the potential hazards related to food safety and how to apply best practice.
Course Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand the legal requirements surrounding food preparation, the potential hazards related to food safety and how to apply best practice.
Course Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes (approx.) Our essential CPD course in food hygiene provides you and your staff with the core content you need to ensure you are maintaining high-quality food hygiene standards.
Course Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes (approx.) Our essential CPD course in food hygiene provides you and your staff with the core content you need to ensure you are maintaining high-quality food hygiene standards.
Course Duration: 17 minutes (approx.) Our Essential CPD Course in food allergies provides you and your staff with the core content you need to ensure you are protecting your students from food-related allergic reactions.
Course Duration: 21 minutes (approx.) This Essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to carry out your duties competently and confidently as the first aid appointed person, including the best way to support colleagues, when to contact outside help and how and when to provide cover to first aiders.
Course Duration: 45 minutes (approx.) Our Essential CPD course on Paediatric First Aid provides you and your staff with the core content you need to ensure adherence with all your Paediatric First Aid regulations.
Course Duration: 50 minutes (approx.) Our Essential CPD course on first aid provides you and your staff with the core content you need to ensure adherence with all your first aid requirements.
Course Duration: 34 minutes (approx.) Our essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand the principles and practice of safe manual handling and ensure you are meeting the necessary legislative requirements.
Course Duration: 55 minutes (maximum) Our Essential CPD course on Fire Safety provides you and your staff with the core content you need to ensure adherence with all your Fire Safety regulations.
Course Duration: 30 minutes (approx.) Our Essential CPD course on Health and Safety at work provides you and your staff with the core content you need to ensure adherence with all your work Health and Safety regulations.
Course Duration: 65 minutes (approx.) Our Essential CPD course on health and safety provides you and your staff with the core content you need to ensure adherence with all your health and safety regulations.
Course Duration:53 minutes (approx.) Our Essential CPD course on the Prevent duty provides you and your staff with the core content you need to ensure adherence with Prevent policy.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Rocket League. Rocket League is a free-to-play multiplayer vehicle football game. The guide takes a look at a number of risks such as scams, inappropriate online interactions and increased screentime.
Updated for 2021-22, our interactive video lesson plans will bring your classroom to life!
Updated for 2021-22, our interactive video lesson plans will bring your classroom to life!
Updated for 2021-22, our interactive video lesson plans will bring your classroom to life!
Brand new for 2021-22, ‘Let’s talk online safety’ explainer videos for every topic area!
Brand new for 2021-22, ‘Let’s talk online safety’ explainer videos for every topic area!
Brand new for 2021-22, our new interactive virtual lesson plans will bring your classroom to life!
Brand new for 2021-22, ‘Let’s talk online safety’ explainer videos for every topic area!
We are delighted to introduce our webinar programme for September, featuring four topics which have been developed in direct response to feedback from primary schools.
We are delighted to introduce our webinar programme for September, featuring four topics which have been developed in direct response to feedback from secondary schools.
Webinar Duration: 63 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide headteachers, curriculum leads and teaching staff with practical guidance and support on understanding what digital media literacy is, why it is important and how to embed it into the school environment.
Webinar Duration: 62 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide headteachers, senior leaders and teaching staff with an understanding and expert insight into how schools can develop, implement and promote digital resilience in line with government guidance.
Webinar Duration: 66 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide governors, headteachers, senior leaders and safeguarding and child protection leads with practical advice and guidance on how to develop and implement effective digital leadership.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on going back to school. Wow, it’s September already! The month when autumn officially starts and … oh yeah. The beginning of a new school year. The guide takes a look at a number of tips such as how to spot fake news, reporting something offensive online and how to deal with bullies.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Hoop. Hoop is a social networking app that syncs with Snapchat to help users build their community of friends. The guide takes a look at a number of risks such as grooming, visible location and no age verification system.
This webinar will provide headteachers, DSLs and online safety leads with practical advice and guidance on how to review and update their online safety policy for the 2021-22 academic year in line with the latest DfE statutory safeguarding requirements and Ofsted guidance.
Course Duration: 165 minutes (approx.) This Essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand your statutory safeguarding requirements around sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools.
Course Duration: 170 minutes (approx.) This Essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand your statutory safeguarding requirements around sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools.
Course Duration: 170 minutes (approx.) This Essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to ensure you have the knowledge and skills to lead and develop your RSHE curriculum to safeguard children from sexual harassment and sexual violence.
Course Duration: 165 minutes (approx.)This Essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand your statutory safeguarding requirements around sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Echo Chambers. The internet is a vast space, home to all manner of differing viewpoints. The guide takes a look at a number of risks such as radicalisation, changes in behaviour and stifled independent thought.
Course Duration: 170 minutes (approx.) This Essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand your statutory safeguarding requirements around sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools.
Course Duration: 205 minutes (approx.) This Essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to ensure you are complying with your legal responsibilities in relation to protecting children from child criminal exploitation (CCE) and child sexual exploitation (CSE).
Course Duration: 155 minutes (approx.) This Essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand your statutory and legislative requirements as part of the safer recruitment process.
Course Duration: 175 minutes (approx.) This Essential CPD course provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to develop and deliver a comprehensive safer recruitment process and help deter, reject and identify individuals considered a risk to children.
Course Duration: 180 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand your statutory safeguarding requirements as a member of supply staff.
Course Duration: 3 hours 20 minutes (maximum) This Essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand your statutory safeguarding requirements as a member of school staff.
Course Duration: 230 minutes (approx.) This Essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand your statutory safeguarding requirements as a school governor.
Course Duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes (approx.) This Essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to deliver effective child protection and safeguarding provision as a member of school staff.
Course Duration: 40 minutes (approx.) This Essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand your key responsibilities as the lead for child protection or safeguarding in your school.
This week's free online safety guide focuses EdTech Summer Holiday Guide. The summer holidays are full of opportunities. The guide takes a look at a number of ideas for the sports fan, the avid reader and much more!
This week's free online safety guide focuses Deepfakes. A deepfake is an extremely convincing piece of media that is created using artificial intelligence (AI), based on pictures and recordings of the subject. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as fake news, pornography and fraudulent use.
We are delighted to introduce our webinar programme for August, featuring four topics which have been developed in direct response to feedback from primary schools.
We are delighted to introduce our webinar programme for August, featuring four topics which have been developed in direct response to feedback from secondary schools.
This webinar will provide senior leaders, designated safeguarding leads and teaching staff with practical advice and guidance on how to identify the signs of emotional vulnerability, and how to support children in beginning to build their internal validation and resilience in a destigmatising way.
This webinar will provide senior leaders, designated safeguarding leads and teaching staff with practical advice and guidance on how to identify the signs of emotional vulnerability, and how to support young people in building their internal validation and resilience in a destigmatising way.
Webinar Duration: 1 hour 1 minute (approx.) This webinar will provide headteachers, PSHE/RSHE leads, DSLs and teaching staff with an insight into influencer culture and practical guidance on how to support children’s critical thinking and mitigate the risks associated with influencer behaviour.
Webinar Duration: 48 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide senior leaders, designated safeguarding leads and teaching staff with practical advice and guidance on how to support children of primary school age in choosing, building and maintaining online connections which are healthy, beneficial and safe.
Webinar Duration: 55 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide senior leaders, designated safeguarding leads and teaching staff with practical advice and guidance on how to support young people of secondary school age in choosing, building and maintaining online connections which are healthy, beneficial and safe.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Free Speech vs Hate Speech. Everyone has the right of ‘freedom of expression.’ That is the right to voice your opinions and share information and ideas with others. The guide takes a look at a number of tips what explain the difference between free speech and hate speech.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on OnlyFans. OnlyFans is an online platform, created in the UK. It is free to join either as a user or creator, but creators monetise their content by charging subscription fees for users to view it. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as explicit content, online grooming and potential financial costs.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Valorant. Valorant is one of the hottest first-person shooters on the market. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as addiction, violence and in-game purchases.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on online fair play. Alongside individual skill, impressive teamwork and some truly epic matches, one of the most enjoyable things about this summer’s European football championships has been the sense of sportsmanship and fair play. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as online strangers, hurtful messages and an overspending of time online.
Webinar Duration: 56 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide governors, headteachers, designated safeguarding leads and all school staff with an expert analysis of the key updates to online safety in the new Keeping children safe in education statutory safeguarding guidance, supporting their preparation for the 2021/22 academic year.
Course Duration: 250 minutes (approx.) This Essential CPD course provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to understand your statutory safeguarding requirements as a DSL or deputy DSL.
Course Duration: 400 minutes (approx.) This course provides senior mental health leads with a clear understanding of their role and supports them to develop a clear vision and strategic plan which effects change, helps enhance pupil outcomes and delivers greater emotional and physical wellbeing for all stakeholders.
Course Duration: 190 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training provides you with the core content you need to understand your statutory safeguarding requirements.
Course Duration: 165 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for teaching staff provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to feel confident and empowered to help keep children safe online.
Course Duration: 155 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for non-teaching staff provides you with the core content you need to feel confident and empowered to help keep children safe online.
Course Duration: 1 hour and 19 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for governors provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to understand your statutory safeguarding requirements with respect to keeping children safe online.
Course Duration: 185 minutes (approx.) Our online safety training provides you with the knowledge you need to understand your safeguarding requirements with respect to keeping children safe online.
Course Duration: 185 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for SENDCOs provides you with the core content you need to understand your statutory safeguarding requirements with respect to keeping children safe online.
Course Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for mental health leads provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to understand your statutory safeguarding requirements with respect to keeping children safe online.
Course Duration: 105 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for parents and carers provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to feel confident and empowered to help keep children safe online.
Course Duration: 110 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for parents and carers provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to feel confident and empowered to help keep children safe online.
Course Duration: 115 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for parents and carers provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to feel confident and empowered to help keep children safe online.
Course Duration: 110 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for parents and carers provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to feel confident and empowered to help keep children safe online.
Course Duration: 150 minutes (approx.) Our annual certificate in how to teach online safety provides you with the knowledge, skills and confidence to embed online safety into the curriculum in line with statutory and recommended DfE requirements.
Course Duration: 160 minutes (approx.) Our annual certificate in how to teach online safety provides you with the knowledge, skills and confidence to embed online safety into the curriculum in line with statutory and recommended DfE requirements.
Course Duration: 145 minutes (approx.) Our annual certificate in how to teach online safety provides you with the knowledge, skills and confidence to embed online safety into the curriculum in line with statutory and recommended DfE requirements.
Course Duration: 90 minutes (approx.) This course provides you with the core content you need to know in relation to managing your own online reputation as well as supporting your child.
Course Duration: 125 minutes (approx.) This course provides you with the core content you need to know in relation to managing your own online reputation and that of the school, why they are important and how to protect them.
Course Duration: 2 hours (approx.) This course provides you with the core content you need to know in relation to managing your own online reputation and that of the school, why they are important and how to protect them.
Course Duration: 2 hours (approx.) This course provides you with the core content you need to know in relation to managing your online reputation, why it’s important and how to protect yourself.
Course Duration: 205 minutes (approx.) This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to understand what cyber security is, the different types of cyber threats and the measures you can take to protect yourself from harm.
Course Duration: 195 minutes (approx.) This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to understand what cyber security is, the different types of cyber threats and the measures you can take to protect your organisation from harm.
Course Duration: 265 minutes (approx.) This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to understand what cyber security is, the different types of cyber threats and the measures you can take to protect your organisation from harm.
Course Duration: 155 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for child protection leads and senior leaders provides you with the core content you need to ensure you are delivering a comprehensive approach to online safety.
Course Duration: 210 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for teaching staff provides you with the core content you need to ensure you are delivering a comprehensive approach to online safety.
Course Duration: 210 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for non-teaching staff provides you with the core content you need to ensure you are delivering a comprehensive approach to online safety.
Course Duration: 210 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for school governors provides you with the core content you need to ensure you are delivering a comprehensive approach to online safety.
Course Duration: 210 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for ICT leads provides you with the core content you need to ensure you are delivering a comprehensive approach to online safety.
Course Duration: 210 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for SENDCOs provides you with the core content you need to ensure you are delivering a comprehensive approach to online safety.
Course Duration: 210 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for mental health leads provides you with the core content you need to ensure you are delivering a comprehensive approach to online safety.
Course Duration: 150 minutes (approx.) Our annual certificate in how to teach online safety provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to feel confident and empowered to help keep children safe online.
Course Duration: 160 minutes (approx.) Our annual certificate in how to teach online safety provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to feel confident and empowered to help keep children safe online.
Course Duration: 145 minutes (approx.) Our annual certificate in how to teach online safety provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to feel confident and empowered to help keep children safe online.
Course Duration: 195 minutes (approx.) This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to understand what cyber security is, the different types of cyber threats and the measures you can take to protect your organisation from harm.
Course Duration: 2 hours (approx.) This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to understand what cyber security is, the different types of cyber threats and the measures you can take to protect yourself from harm.
Course Duration: 2 hours (approx.) This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to understand what cyber security is, the different types of cyber threats and the measures you can take to protect your organisation from harm.
Course Duration: 2 hours (approx.) This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to understand what cyber security is, the different types of cyber threats and the measures you can take to protect your organisation from harm.
Course Duration: 2 hours (approx.) This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to understand what cyber security is, the different types of cyber threats and the measures you can take to protect your organisation from harm.
Course Duration: 90 minutes (approx.) This course provides you with the core content you need to know in relation to managing your own online reputation as well as supporting your child.
Course Duration: 125 minutes (approx.) This course provides you with the core content you need to know in relation to managing your own online reputation and that of the school, why they are important and how to protect them.
Course Duration: 2 hours (approx.) This course provides you with the core content you need to know in relation to managing your own online reputation and that of the school, why they are important and how to protect them.
Course Duration: 2 hours (approx.) This course provides you with the core content you need to know in relation to managing your online reputation, why it’s important and how to protect yourself.
Course Duration: 110 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for parents and carers provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to feel confident and empowered to help keep children safe online.
Course Duration: 110 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for parents and carers provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to feel confident and empowered to help keep children safe online.
Course Duration: 115 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for parents and carers provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to feel confident and empowered to help keep children safe online.
Course Duration: 110 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for parents and carers provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to feel confident and empowered to help keep children safe online.
Course Duration: 105 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for parents and carers provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to feel confident and empowered to help keep children safe online.
Course Duration: 110 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for parents and carers provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to feel confident and empowered to help keep children safe online.
Course Duration: 115 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for parents and carers provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to feel confident and empowered to help keep children safe online.
Course Duration: 110 minutes (approx.) Our annual online safety training for parents and carers provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to feel confident and empowered to help keep children safe online.
Course Duration: 275 minutes (approx.) This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to understand what cyber security is, the different types of cyber threats and the measures you can take to protect your organisation from harm.
Course Duration: 265 minutes (approx.) This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to understand what cyber security is, the different types of cyber threats and the measures you can take to protect your organisation from harm.
Webinar Duration: 52 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide mental health leads, safeguarding leads and school leaders with expert guidance and support on embedding the role of the mental health lead into a whole school approach to online safety and safeguarding children online.
Webinar Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide headteachers, senior leaders, safeguarding leads and all teaching staff with a renewed perspective on cyberbullying, providing practical guidance and advice on what actions schools can take to support their pupils.
Course Duration: 405 minutes (approx.) This Essential CPD course provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to understand your statutory RSHE requirements and drive local implementation in your school.
This webinar will provide headteachers, senior leaders, safeguarding leads and all teaching staff with a renewed perspective on cyberbullying, providing practical guidance and advice on what actions schools can take to support their pupils.
We are delighted to introduce our latest webinar programme for July, introducing four new webinar topics which have been developed in direct response to feedback from secondary schools.
We are delighted to introduce our latest webinar programme for July, introducing four new webinar topics which have been developed in direct response to feedback from primary schools.
This webinar will provide headteachers, school leaders and all teaching staff in the UAE with practical guidance and advice on understanding the laws around online activity in the region and how to support learning in the classroom.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on sports betting. Sports betting involves staking money on the predicted outcome of sports results. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as underage gambling, addiction and a negative impact on mental health.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on how to tackle hate online. Online hate can affect anyone. The guide takes a look at a range of tips such as talking to trusted adults about upsetting things, setting a positive example online and remembering that you have the power to shape your online world.
This webinar will provide governors, headteachers, senior leaders, DSLs and all school staff with an overview of Ofsted’s research into online sexual abuse and how it is managed in schools, as part of their wider review of current safeguarding practice in relation to sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools and colleges.
Young football fans can follow all the action in the European Football Championships with our handy wallchart. Plot exactly who’s playing who, and when!
Course Duration: 29 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to know in relation to working in confined spaces, including identifying risks and performing risk assessments.
Course Duration: 33 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to know in relation to reporting accidents in the workplace.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on FIFA 21. You don't need to be a football fan to have heard of the FIFA series of games (named after the Federation Internationale de Football Association: the worldwide governing body for the sport). The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as addiction, scams and in-game chat.
Course Duration: 20 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to ensure you understand how to prevent slips, trips and falls in your organisation as well as your responsibilities in complying with legislation that ensures workplaces are safe for everyone.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on parental controls to protect privacy. The privacy settings on your child’s smartphone give you control over how the information stored on it can be used. The guide takes a look at a range of tips such as how to make changes to the privacy settings and how to prevent changes to other settings and features.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on parental controls to protect privacy. The privacy settings on your child’s smartphone give you control over how the information stored on it can be used. The guide takes a look at a range of tips such as managing app permissions, managing location settings and controlling access for third-party apps and sites.
We are delighted to introduce our latest webinar programme for June, introducing three new webinar topics which have been developed in direct response to feedback from primary schools.
We are delighted to introduce our latest webinar programme for June, introducing three new webinar topics which have been developed in direct response to feedback from secondary schools.
This webinar will provide headteachers, school leaders and all teaching staff with practical guidance and advice on supporting children to understand the power of language online and how to communicate with others in a kind and empathetic manner.
This webinar will provide headteachers, school leaders and all teaching staff with practical guidance and advice on supporting children to understand the power of language online and how to communicate with others in a kind and empathetic manner.
Webinar Duration: 47 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide senior leaders, designated safeguarding leads and all teaching staff with practical advice and guidance on how to recognise what constitutes online hate, the negative effects it can have on its victims, and how children can learn to protect themselves from it.
Webinar Duration: 47 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide senior leaders, designated safeguarding leads and all teaching staff with practical advice and guidance on how to recognise what constitutes online hate, the negative effects it can have on its victims, and how children can learn to protect themselves from it.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on TextMe. TextMe is a free texting and calling service. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as predators, visible location and in-app purchases.
Webinar Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide headteachers, designated safeguarding leads and all teaching staff with an in-depth understanding of the gaming world, what makes it so appealing and how it can be used for positive educational purposes.
Webinar Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide headteachers, designated safeguarding leads and all teaching staff with an in-depth understanding of the gaming world, what makes it so appealing and how it can be used for positive educational purposes.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on email scams. Email scams are when you receive an email from someone purporting to be a genuine person or company, but is actually an online fraudster trying to trick you into disclosing personal information. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as viruses, financial damage and personal safety.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on 12 Top Tips to Supporting Mental Wellbeing Through Nature. ‘Nature’ is a superb choice as the theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, as there’s clear evidence that getting access to nature is excellent for our mental health. The guide takes a look at a range of tips such as giving Geocaching a go, ditching your phone and playing sports
Following the positive response to last month’s releases, National Online Safety are continuing to expand our webinar programme – ensuring that members and users can stay well informed about what’s happening online.
Following the positive response to last month’s releases, National Online Safety are continuing to expand our webinar programme – ensuring that members and users can stay well informed about what’s happening online.
What impact have lockdowns, remote learning and increased screen time had on children’s digital habits? Our #WakeUpWednesday guide has the details.
Course Duration: 26 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to learn more about the health risks created by legionella bacteria, the legal responsibilities of duty holders and how to develop control measures, including risk assessments.
Course Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to know to implement best practice in relation to social media usage as a school, including by pupils and staff, and how to form and implement an actionable social media policy.
Course Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to know to implement best practice in relation to social media usage as a school, including by pupils and staff, and how to form and implement an actionable social media policy.
This webinar will provide senior leaders, designated safeguarding leads, SENDCOs and teaching staff with innovative ways of embedding online safety across the curriculum, in a way that genuinely meets the needs of learners with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
This webinar will provide senior leaders, designated safeguarding leads, SENDCOs and teaching staff with innovative ways of embedding online safety across the curriculum, in a way that genuinely meets the needs of learners with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
Webinar Duration: 46 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide headteachers, curriculum leads, subject leads and teaching staff with practical advice and guidance on supporting children to understand the potential impact and longevity of their conduct and decision making when online, and the digital traces it leaves behind.
Webinar Duration: 46 minutes (approx.) This webinar will provide headteachers, curriculum leads, subject leads and teaching staff with practical advice and guidance on supporting children to understand the potential impact and longevity of their conduct and decision making when online, and the digital traces it leaves behind.
This webinar will provide headteachers, designated safeguarding leads and teaching staff with practical advice and guidance on understanding the influence that social media can exert on young people’s mental development, as well as their psychological and emotional wellbeing.
This webinar will provide headteachers, designated safeguarding leads and teaching staff with practical advice and guidance on understanding the influence that social media can exert on young people’s mental development, as well as their psychological and emotional wellbeing.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Roblox. With more than 150 million users worldwide, Roblox is one of the most popular video games of recent times. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as in-app purchases, online dating and chat functionality
This week's free online safety guide focuses on parental controls. The parental controls on smartphones allow you to block or restrict certain apps, features, content, downloads or purchases that might not be suitable for young people. The guide takes a look at tips such as sexting, strangers and excessive use.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on parental controls. The parental controls on smartphones allow you to block or restrict certain apps, features, content, downloads or purchases that might not be suitable for young people. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as age-restricted content, explicit websites and inappropriate search results.
This webinar will provide headteachers, designated safeguarding leads (DSLs), teachers and all school staff with an in-depth, expert understanding how fake news is created, what it is used for and how to develop children’s critical thinking online.
This webinar will provide headteachers, designated safeguarding leads (DSLs), teachers and all school staff with practical guidance and support on understanding the risks of live streaming and keeping children safe from harm.
National Online Safety are excited to announce the launch of our Webinar Programme, offering our members and users a broader range of topics than before.
National Online Safety are excited to announce the launch of our Webinar Programme, offering our members and users a broader range of topics than before.
Course Duration: 35 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to ensure you are equipped to prevent and limit the spread of infection and illness in the workplace and understand the importance of maintaining hygiene standards at work.
Course Duration: 28 minutes (approx.). This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to raise your awareness and develop strategies and guidance to support staff, colleagues or young people who have substance misuse problems.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter game developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as violent content, pornographic images and addiction.
To mark the start of Stress Awareness Month, we’re joining in with the Stress Management Society’s 30-day challenge. Below, we’ve given you 30 tips to get you started.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Chatroulette. In the words of its creator, Chatroulette “pairs random users for webcam-based conversations”. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as adult content, hacking and blackmailing scams.
This webinar will provide headteachers, online safety leads, curriculum leads and all teaching staff with practical guidance and advice on planning and creatively delivering online safety education as part of their wider curriculum planning for the 2021/22 academic year.
This webinar will provide headteachers, online safety leads, curriculum leads and all teaching staff with practical guidance and advice on planning and creatively delivering online safety education as part of their wider curriculum planning for the 2021/22 academic year.
Course Duration: 29 minutes (approx). This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to ensure that work conducted at a height in your setting is done in a safe and reliable manner and follows the relevant legal framework.
Course Duration: 20 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand the legislative framework around conducting risk assessments, key practical risk assessment techniques and the monitoring, evaluation and review processes.
Course Duration: 3 hours 9 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand the legal positions on harassment and bullying within school, the responsibilities of educators and how to correctly respond to incidents.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Rec Room. Rec Room is a social hangout game, where users meet up with friends to explore and create rooms, each containing a different experience. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as online bullying, questionable connections and sexual content.
Course Duration: 50 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to ensure you understand the core functions of school governance and the roles and responsibilities assigned to the governing board of a school.
Course Duration: 35 minutes (approx.) Our Essential CPD course on managing asbestos in schools provides you with the core content you need to ensure you understand your requirements for the effective management of asbestos materials within schools and colleges.
Course Duration: 167 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand the legal positions on harassment and bullying within a workplace setting, the responsibilities of employers and how to correctly respond to incidents.
Course Duration: 20 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to feel more confident about using reasonable force in school and establishing the responsibilities of school staff, leaders and governing bodies.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Comic Relief 2021: Share a Smile Online. It’s Red Nose Day! The theme of this year’s charity fundraiser is ‘Share a Smile’, so we’ve produced a special edition of our regular guides to help you do precisely that. The guide takes a look at tips such as making a playlist for someone you love, sharing a funny video with someone you know will love it and posting about something that makes you happy.
This free online safety guide focuses on using the emergency SOS functions on a Google phone. Just a few taps of the screen can alert emergency services to your location in a matter of seconds.
This free online safety guide focuses on making an emergency SOS call on a Samsung. Hopefully, neither you nor your children will ever have the need to use a phone’s SOS features. But it’s not something that ought to be left to chance.
This free online safety guide focuses on making an emergency SOS call on an iPhone. It’s important that you – and your children – learn how to operate your (or their own) phone’s emergency functions.
Our Essential CPD course on using machinery provides you and your staff with the core content you need to ensure you understand your health and safety obligations with respect to using machinery.
This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to ensure your workplace is meeting its legal requirements in equality and diversity and is promoting a more tolerant, inclusive and diverse working environment.
Course Duration: 77 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to ensure you understand your legal responsibilities in relation to school trips and can conduct sensible and proportionate risk assessments.
This webinar will provide headteachers, senior leaders, teachers and teaching assistants with practical advice and guidance on how they can support children to re-establish and build relationships in real life following their period of enforced dependence on the online world.
This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to ensure you understand how to manage difficult situations and tackle difficult conversations using effective communication techniques confidently.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on WhatsApp. WhatsApp is the world’s most popular messaging service, with around two billion users exchanging texts, photos, videos and documents, and making voice and video calls. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as stranger danger, live location sharing and disappearing messages.
This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to equip you with the tools to deal with difficult conversations and communicate effectively with resilience, empathy and understanding.
Course Duration: 29 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to ensure you are equipped to prevent and limit the spread of infection and illness in the workplace and understand the importance of maintaining hygiene standards at work.
Course Duration: 10 minutes (approx.). This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand what epilepsy is and how employers can manage and support those with epilepsy in the workplace, including risk assessments and reasonable adjustments.
Course Duration: 37 (approx.). This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to raise your awareness and develop strategies and guidance to support staff, colleagues or young people who have substance misuse problems.
Course Duration: 18 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand the types of diabetes, how it affects individuals and confidently offer help and support to those managing diabetes in your workplace.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Signal. Signal is a multimedia messaging service (previously known as TextSecure) that provides secure chats between users. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as a false sense of security, vulnerability to hackers and disappearing messages.
This webinar will provide headteachers, designated safeguarding leads (DSLs), teachers and all school staff with an understanding of how the risks associated with county lines and child criminal exploitation have developed through the COVID-19 pandemic, with a rise in online grooming.
Course Duration: 27 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to implement and maintain a safe and effective system for administering medication, plus an understanding of the various regulations around storing, using and disposing of medicines.
This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to ensure you have the right tools in place to recognise the symptoms of stress, develop a level of self-awareness and build your own stress management techniques.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Clubhouse. Clubhouse is an audio-only social media networking app that is currently available only to Apple users. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as adult content, no age verification and insufficient safety protocols.
The Bribery Act 2010 applies to all staff and employees. Under the act, it is illegal to accept a bribe, bribe another person, or enable bribery to take place. Failure to implement adequate procedures to prevent bribes being paid or received on an organisation’s behalf may lead to disciplinary action, unlimited fines, or even a custodial penalty. It is the responsibility of all staff to prevent, detect, and report any form of bribery and corruption in the workplace.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Avakin Life. Described as a place where teens and adults can make new friends, Avakin Life is a mobile game that has more than 1.4 million daily users. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as in-game chat, adult themes and in-game spending.
In response to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, there is an expectation that schools will have contingency plans in place for the provision of remote education and blended learning, should individuals or groups of pupils need to self-isolate. This in turn assumes mastery of the latest video communications technology.
In response to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, there is an expectation that schools will have contingency plans in place for the provision of remote education and blended learning, should individuals or groups of pupils need to self-isolate. This in turn assumes mastery of the latest video communications technology.
In response to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, there is an expectation that schools will have contingency plans in place for the provision of remote education and blended learning, should individuals or groups of pupils need to self-isolate. This in turn assumes mastery of the latest video communications technology.
In developing contingency plans for the provision of remote education and blended learning during the Covid-19 crisis, schools can take advantage of the latest video communications technology, and use its special features and functions to enhance learning outcomes.
In response to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, there is an expectation that schools will have contingency plans in place for the provision of remote education and blended learning, should individuals or groups of pupils need to self-isolate. This in turn assumes mastery of the latest video communications technology.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on 10 top tips for keeping children safe from cyber crime. We all want to continue being informed and inspired by the ever-expanding capabilities of the internet. The guide takes a look at a range of top tips such as backing up your data, how to spot phishing bait and how to recognise warning signs.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on supporting children to express themselves safely online. The past year has left many children feeling uncertain and worried. So this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week has adopted the theme of ‘express yourself’. The guide takes a look at a range of tips such as celebrating their identity, supporting their interests and enabling emotional expression.
This webinar will provide headteachers, designated safeguarding leads (DSLs), teachers and all school staff with practical advice and guidance on how they can keep children safe and disrupt the online grooming process.
All school governors should have reference to the DfE ‘Competency Framework for Governance’ which sets out the knowledge, skills and behaviours that school and academy governing boards need to be effective. The framework should be read in conjunction with the DfE ‘Governance Handbook’ as stated in the ‘Constitution of governing bodies of maintained schools’ statutory guidance.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on WeChat. WeChat is an all-in-one communications app for free text messaging, voice and video calls, photo sharing and games. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as adult content, strangers and drug dealing.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on eBay. eBay is the world’s biggest online auction platform: a digital emporium where you can buy practically anything, new or used. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as off-site communication, age-inappropriate and illegal items.
This webinar will provide school leaders, headteachers, Mental Health Leads and all school staff with practical advice and guidance on how they can support the mental health and wellbeing of pupils during remote education.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Cunch-Line Chronicles. Cunch-Line Chronicles is a 2D side-scrolling mobile game in which players control a criminal running from a police officer, collecting bags of (what are heavily implied to be) drugs while avoiding obstacles. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as addictive gameplay, in-app purchases and questionable themes.
This webinar will provide school leaders, headteachers, senior leads and teachers with practical guidance on preventing and managing specific behavioural issues associated with virtual classrooms for the provision of effective remote education.
This webinar will provide school leaders, headteachers, senior leads and teachers with practical guidance on preventing and managing specific behavioural issues associated with virtual classrooms for the provision of effective remote education.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on fake news. Fake news can be false information, photos or videos purposefully created to confuse or misinform. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as embarrassment, negative influences on people’s behaviour and negative emotions.
This webinar, in collaboration with nasen (the National Association for Special Educational Needs), will provide senior leaders SENDCOs, designated safeguarding leads (DSLs) and all teaching staff with practical advice and guidance on helping learners with SEND to stay safe online and get the most out of their digital activities.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Cyberpunk 2077. Cyberpunk 2077 is a first-person action RPG (role-playing game) with multiple storylines. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as extreme violence, adult themes and online multiplayer.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on 10 top tips for safer online shopping. Internet shopping has become part of our everyday lives. Last year, an estimated 1.92 billion people made a purchase online: around a quarter of the world’s population. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as phishing, unsecure sites and your data being sold.
On the 10th December 2020, the DfE published their draft ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) 2021’ guidance for consultation. The process closes on 4th March 2021 and seeks views on the proposed changes due to take effect from September 2021.
Domestic abuse is a child protection issue that schools must be prepared for. All children can witness and be adversely affected by domestic abuse in the context of their home life where domestic abuse occurs between family members. Exposure to domestic abuse and/or violence can have a serious, long lasting emotional and psychological impact on children.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on online safety tips for children with new devices. The current generation are the first children to group up in a world where digital devices are the norm. The guide takes a look at a number of tips such as how to turn location settings off, how to discourage device dependency and how to set up parental controls.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on the 12 online safety tips of Christmas for children with new devices. Christmas is almost upon us once again, and soon some lucky children will be excitedly tearing the wrapping off a new mobile phone, tablet or games console. The guide takes a look at a number of tips such as how to turn location settings off, how to discourage device dependency and how to set up parental controls.
Course Duration: 48 minutes (approx.) All schools must have clear policies and procedures that guide day-to-day processes in order to function effectively. Any member of school staff can be given responsibility for the drafting of school policies, and not all of them need to be signed off by the full governing body.
Course Duration: 44 minutes (approx.) All school staff should acquire the relevant training to equip them with the knowledge and skills to recognise modern slavery. With an estimated 8.4 million children in slavery in the world today, schools have a significant part to play in identifying and reporting modern slavery to help combat it.
With COVID-19 making Christmas 2020 a little trickier than usual, we've once again teamed up with Sam and Dan from Musicalternative to produce a song to raise everyone's spirits. Bid a cheery farewell to a crazy year and get ready to welcome 2021, with the "We Get Locked Down" Christmas song.
Course Duration: 54 minutes (approx.) Female Genital Mutilation is illegal in England and Wales under the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003. All teachers have a statutory duty under Section 5B to report to the police where they discover (either through disclosure by the victim or visual evidence) that FGM appears to have been carried out on a girl under 18. Those failing to report such cases may face disciplinary sanctions.
From autumn 2020, Ofsted will begin a series of interim visits to schools with a view towards resuming full inspections in January 2021. The Ofsted School Inspection Handbook makes it clear that Ofsted inspectors place a large importance on speaking to those responsible for leadership and governance within schools and that it is the responsibility of senior leaders to ensure that schools are prepared for inspection, have discussed inspection plans and have notified the necessary stakeholders.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (CoD) is an online first-person shooter. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as graphic violence & language, in-game payments and talking to strangers.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on 10 ways you can get the most out of our new app. Lockdown has sent children’s screen time soaring again. And making sure that young people stay safe online can be tough when there are new apps, games and sites every day. The shows you the most beneficial features of our new app such as personalising your content, staying up to date and get online safety advice instantly.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on PlayStation 5. The PlayStation 5 is the next-generation video game console for Sony. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as spending money, age-inappropriate content and strangers online.
Schools and colleges have a legal responsibility to protect their students from sexual abuse, such as sexual violence and sexual harassment. All staff must stay up to date with the latest safeguarding training to ensure they are compliant with their legal duties. Schools must also implement relevant policies and procedures so that staff can effectively respond to reported incidences whilst complying with statutory guidance.
This webinar will provide school leaders, headteachers, PSHE/RSHE leads and teachers with practical advice and guidance on how to manage difficult conversations with children relating to relationships and sex education.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Xbox Series X|S. The Xbox Series X and Series S are the next-generation video game consoles from Microsoft. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as age-inappropriate games, online interactions and in-game spending.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on remote education for parents and carers. Remote education ensures continuous learning outside the classroom. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential issues such as creating a safe learning environment, adhering to school policies and making sure the appropriate systems and communication channels are in place so that educators, parents and carers, and pupils get the most out of their remote education experience.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Remote Education for educators. Remote education ensures continuous learning outside the classroom. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential issues such as creating a safe learning environment, adhering to school policies and making sure the appropriate systems and communication channels are in place so that educators get the most out of their remote education experience.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Remote Education for children. Remote education ensures continuous learning outside the classroom. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential issues such as privacy, healthy screen time and making sure the appropriate systems and communication channels are in place so that children get the most out of their remote education experience.
This webinar will provide headteachers, subject leads, curriculum leads and all teaching staff with practical advice and guidance on delivering safe online lessons to children.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Among Us. Among Us is one of the most popular games of 2020. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as hacking, mild violence and inappropriate language.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on League of Legends. League of Legends, commonly referred to as "LOL", is one of the most popular video games in the world, with millions of monthly players. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as how to monitor gameplay, how to disable in-game spending and how to spot the signs of gaming addiction.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Tellonym. Tellonym is a messaging network that allows children to send messages to each other anonymously. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as how to help protect your child’s mental health, how to keep personal profiles private and risks of online grooming.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on persuasive design. Social media can be really addictive, and sites want to keep users on their platforms for as long as possible. The guide takes a look at how to tackle potential risks such as online addiction.
This webinar will provide headteachers, online safety leads, curriculum leads and all teaching staff with practical advice and guidance on successfully delivering a robust online safety curriculum for secondary years.
This webinar will provide headteachers, online safety leads, curriculum leads and all teaching staff with practical advice and guidance on effectively delivering a robust online safety curriculum for primary years.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Amazon Alexa. Alexa is an artificial intelligence (AI) software assistant created by Amazon in 2014 through which smartphone, tablet and smart device users can issue voice commands and ask questions. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as privacy risks, age-inappropriate content and insecure devices.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Overwatch. Overwatch is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment, the same company behind the likes of World of Warcraft and StarCraft. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as mature content, strangers and the addictive nature.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on the The Deep & The Dark Web. While the deep web and the dark web are not the same thing, they do overlap significantly. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as online predators, unmonitored access and inappropriate content.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on the Streaming. Streaming is the latest step in a journey that’s taken us all the way from records and cassettes to CDs and DVDs and, more recently, to downloads. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as online scams, online addiction and inappropriate content.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on the Online Hoaxes. Online hoaxes are fictional stories circulated online, frequently intended to shape people’s beliefs or opinions. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as spreading disinformation, taking dangerous advice and teaches you how to encourage critical thinking.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Gaming Streamers & Influencers. Streamers are people who stream themselves gaming, drawing, making things etc. for people to watch on the internet. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as adult content, online bullying and online purchases.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Streaming. Streaming is a seamless way of watching or listening to all sorts of content such as TV shows, films, sports highlights and music, over an internet connection in ‘real time’, without having to download a file or store it on your device. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as online scams, malware risk and the addictive nature on streaming sites.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Remote Access & Remote Data Deletion. Remote access, as the term suggests, refers to the ability to access a computer, such as a home computer or a machine that’s connected to a school’s network, from a remote location. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as cyber-scams, hacking and privacy concerns.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Location Tracking. Location tracking has always been a fundamental part of the way mobile phones work, the most basic element of which is the ability to triangulate a device’s position in relation to a mobile network’s radio masts. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as non-consensual monitoring, frequently visited locations and stalking.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on fitness trackers. A fitness tracker is a wrist-worn device that can measure your level of physical activity during the day. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as unhealthy obsessions, unrealistic expectations and data leaks.
A free online safety guide on Music Streaming Apps & Sites, which allow people to listen to music on their devices, as well as giving users access to millions of songs and artists from around the world.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on catfishing. Catfishing is when someone creates a fake online profile to trick people into thinking they are somebody else. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as online grooming, fraud and identity theft.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a privacy tool used to hide internet activity from prying eyes. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as age-inappropriate content, malware infections and bypassing restrictions.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on lifestyle sites. ‘Lifestyle sites’ is a bit of a catch-all term because, unfortunately, much of the internet is built to take advantage of human psychological weakness. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as body image issues, fake news and psychological tricks.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on voice activated searching. Voice activated search, also known as ‘voice search’ or ‘voice-enabled search’ is a search tool that allows the user to use a voice command to search the internet, a website, or an app. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as adult content, data misuse and online purchases.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on voice gaming disorder. In 2018, the World Health Organisation included gaming disorder as part of its International Classification of Diseases. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as mental health, gambling problems and stress.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing. Peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing is the process of transferring digital content, such as electronic books, music, or video clips from one computer to another. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as inappropriate content, illegal downloads and malware.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on screengrabs. Phones, tablets, and computers all have a feature that allows you to instantly capture and save still images of the content that’s currently displayed on your screen. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as privacy breaches, fraud and reputational damage.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on online content: 10 tips to keep your children safe online. The internet has transformed the ability to access content. Many apps that children use are dependent on user-generated content which can encourage freedom of expression, imagination and creativity. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as age inappropriate content, privacy issues and mental health.
Course Duration: 70 minutes (approx) Keeping pupils and teachers safe during remote education is essential. Teachers delivering remote education online should be aware of their behaviour and conduct, but more importantly, should continue to adhere to their statutory safeguarding duties as closely as possible in order to keep children safe and report any safeguarding concerns in relation to remote education.
Course Duration: 4 minutes (approx.) This short course provides you with an important insight into how children aged 4 to 7 are typically engaging with the online world.
Course Duration: 5 minutes (approx.) This short course provides you with an important insight into how children aged 7 to 11 are typically engaging with the online world.
Course Duration: 4 mins (approx.) This short course provides you with an important insight into how children aged 11 to 14 are typically engaging with the online world.
Course Duration: 5 minutes (approx.) This short course provides you with an important insight into how children aged 14 to 18 are typically engaging with the online world.
This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to understand your statutory roles and responsibilities as a designated teacher and how to support the needs of looked-after and previously-looked after children.
Duration: 90 Mins Delivered by award-winning educators, Olly Lewis and Mark Anderson, the course is divided into six easy-to-digest modules and contains links to further learning and case studies, with an assessment test to help you evidence your remote learning compliance.
Delivered by subject matter expert, Christina Rodgers, the course has been divided into six easily digestible modules and contains links to further learning and resources throughout, with knowledge tests and assessments to help you evidence your safeguarding compliance.
Online streaming is a seamless way of watching or listening to all sorts of content such as TV shows, films, sports highlights, and music, over an internet connection, without having to download a file or store it on your device.
Social media is the term we give to websites and apps that allow us to connect with each other and share photos and comments. Today, social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram are used by billions of people every single day.
Online privacy is about protecting your identify and personal information online. In the digital world, your data is highly valuable. It is often collected, sold, and analysed by big companies – including that of children.
Online bullying, or cyberbullying, describes bullying that is enabled by technology. If the bullying behaviour is on the internet in any form, it is classed as cyberbullying.
Online gambling refers to betting or playing games of chance or skill for money, by using a remote device such as a tablet, computer, smartphone, or any mobile phone with an internet connection.
Online gaming is simply the playing of a video game over the internet, usually with friends. Online games can be played on any number of devices from dedicated video games consoles such as PlayStations, Xboxes, and Nintendo Switches, to PCs, laptops and mobile phones.
Health and wellbeing depends on your physical, mental, spiritual and social state. When we have good wellbeing, we feel comfortable, healthy and happy and we flourish.
An online relationship is between people who have met online and in most cases only know each other via the internet. They can be formed with anyone across the world, throughout different cultures and backgrounds, and tend to be created through a common interest or shared experience.
Deliberately infringing copyright can be a criminal offence. Just because something is found freely on the internet, doesn’t mean it’s free to download, distribute or use.
In basic terms, information is data which is processed and ordered to become meaningful. The arrival of computers profoundly changed the speed and way this happens – once information can be found on the internet, it is then online. This online access has transformed the way we all relate to information.
For children, the anonymous nature of Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat presents a unique opportunity to reinvent themselves in an environment that may appear far more welcoming than the offline world.
Whilst the kids of yesteryear would only really be interested in games consoles or music gear, our new world of user-friendly tech means that children are interacting with a huge range of devices on a daily basis.
Most kids use social media and other online platforms as much as adults do, and often in the same ways. It can provide an escape from real life, a chance to build an identity, or simply a form of entertainment.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on tech related communication. Language is constantly evolving. The words, phrases and even emojis used on social media have transformed how young people communicate. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as a false sense of security, hidden messages and impacts on your child’s mood.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on age ratings. A game’s age rating can be used by adults to make an informed choice as to whether or not a game is suitable for their child. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as inappropriate content, peer pressure and online spending.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on ‘friends & followers’. What makes social media actually ‘social’ are the connections users make with other users on the platforms. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as online bullying, catfishing and access to private information.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on hacking. Hacking is the unauthorised attempt to exploit a computer system or network. There are different types of hackers who are usually categorised under ‘hats’. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as theft of personal data, inappropriate content and breaking the law.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on search engine. A search engine is something that helps you find what you’re looking for on the internet. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as bypassing SafeSearch, inappropriate content and misleading information.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on online avatars. Online avatars are digital characters that look like you. They are a form of self-representation without using an actual picture. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as grooming, catfishing and trolling.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on games consoles. Much like a television allows you to watch movies or a radio allows you to listen to music, a game console allows you to play video games. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as the addictive nature of games consoles, inappropriate online content and online chat.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on torrent sites. A torrent site is a website on the internet where visitors can upload, share, and download files. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as legal issues, hackers and malware.
This week's free online safety guide focuses on trolling and online abuse. Trolling is a form of cyberaggression. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as a bad mental wellbeing, damaged reputation and age-inappropriate language.
Part of our Social Media & Live Streaming Series 2020-21
Part of our Social Media & Live Streaming Series 2020-21