Useful e-Safety Links for Schools, Professionals, Parents/Carers, Children and Young People 

National Agencies

Ofsted and Goverment Guidance

Useful Links for Schools and Educational Settings

  • e-Safety Officers e-Safety links on Diigo - The most up-to-date collection of useful links on all aspects of e-Safety collected by the e-Safety Officer on Diigo
  • Teach Today - Excellent up-to-date guidance, lesson plans and resources from Industry and teachers - supported by Teaching Unions
  • NEN E-Safety Content Matrix  - collection of useful resources which can be selected according to audience type 
  • NEN e-Safety Audit Tool - Useful for Schools and settings to audit their practise
  • NEN e-Safeguarding Audit Tool - Tool for Senior Leadership Teams to evaluate safeguarding practises 
  • 360 Safe Tool - Interactive tool  from the SWGfL to help schools to review their e-Safety provision and to develop an action plan for improvements
  • Cybermentors - Online peer mentoring from Beat Bullying
  • Know It All – Guidance for Teachers, Parents and Volunteers from Childnet International. Sections cover advice for Parents/carers, Primary Schools, SEN, Secondary Schools and Trainee Teachers 
  • NEW: Know It ALL for Trainee Teachers and NQTs - guidance for new teachers from Childnet International and the TDA. It covers safe ICT use and professional practice.
  • BBC Online Safety Portal and resources  
  • Professionals Online Safety Helpline - Helpline for professionals who work with children and young people in the UK, specifically tackling the issues with e-safety
  • CEOP Digital Assets Library  - register to use CEOP logos and information on your website
  • Digizen: Guidance from Childnet around safer social networking and cyberbullying. Includes excellent guidance to support schools in managing cyberbullying and a useful document "Supporting School Staff" to help protect staff from being cyberbullied
  • Copy Rights and Wrongs - Excellent website regarding Copyright and schools with useful resources for teachers

For information for schools on Security and Data Protection Act (1989) visit the following:

e-Safety Resources from other Authorities or Grids

Useful e-Safety Links to share with Parents/Carers

General Links

Gaming

Mobile Phones

Useful Classroom Tools and Sites to use with Children and Young People

Please note that the following websites should always be risk assessed and pre-checked by staff before use in the classroom.

Classroom tools and Search Engines

(Please note that no search engine is ever 100% safe and appropriate supervision and prechecks should always be carried out by staff prior to use in the classroom by or with children when using the tools below)

If schools wish to use sites such as Google, Bing etc. with pupils then they must ensure safe search filtering tools are applied. Schools must be aware that this only reduces (not removes) the possiblility of accessing inapropriate content either accidentally or otherwise. Therefore the school must ensure that necessary processes are in place to respond to any filtering breaches. This would include policies and procedures for reporting unsuitable content (for pupils and staff), appropriate supervision and prechecking of search terms as well as education for pupils about safe searching and online reliability prior to use.

e-Safety Curriulum Materials

If you think a useful site or fantastic e-Safety resource is missing or if a link is broken then please contact the e-Safety Officer: esafetyofficer@kent.gov.uk

 

Author: Rebecca Avery  | Published: 13-1-09  | TOP