Online Safety
Parental Controls
Please click on the image to download a useful guide for parents on how to set controls. This guide will help you set up parental controls and adjust privacy settings to provide your child with a safer online environment. Parental controls can help to protect your child from seeing something that they shouldn’t — although it is important to emphasise that no system is effective all of the time, so it is important to engage with your child and talk to them about their online life regularly.
There is a lot of useful information and advice available on the website parentinfo - Help and advice for families in a digital world.
Cyberbullying
A free parents course about online safety can be accessed here
Online safety
You will also find some useful resources below that you can use with your own family to promote safe online use for your children.
E safety guides from National Online Safety
Net Aware: A guide to apps, websites and games.
Parenting in a digital world online
Online safety tips for parents aged 6-10 years and 11-13 years old.
Safe Search Engines
Please find below some appropriate search engines for children to use:
Gaming Safety
Please find below a number of guides to keep your child safe when gaming online:
Additional information
Additional websites and organisations that provide useful guidance and support on online safety issues also include:
BBC
The BBC’s Own It app helps children stop and think before they press the ‘send’ button.
Childnet
A tool kit to support parents and carers of any age child to start discussions about their online life, to set boundaries around online behaviour and technology use, and to find out where to get more help and support.
CTIRU
You can report terrorist content they find online through the public referral tool. More information about what to report and what happens when you make a report.
Parent Info
Provides support and guidance for parents from leading experts and organisations.
Thinkuknow
Provides advice from the National Crime Agency (NCA) to stay safe online. To help families manage during this time, the NCA has launched #OnlineSafetyAtHome, a set of fun, engaging activities based on Thinkuknow cartoons, films, games, and advice articles.
Let’s Talk About It
Support for parents and carers to keep children safe from online radicalisation.