Overview

Online safety is no longer a separate issue – it’s a central part of safeguarding in every school setting. This course explores the key online risks children and young people face today, including harmful content, contact, and conduct. School staff will be guided through current trends in online behaviour, including the use of social media and messaging apps, and how these can impact safeguarding concerns. We’ll unpack how a whole-school approach can embed online safety into everyday practice, aligned with inspection standards, curriculum guidance and safeguarding frameworks.

Learning Objectives

Participants will:

• Understand how children and young people engage with the online world.
• Recognise key categories of online risk and their safeguarding implications.
• Explore how to respond to incidents involving online harm, including reporting routes.
• Identify ways to promote online safety through a whole-school approach.
• Gain clarity on inspection standards and good practice around online safety.