Online Safety

How Can you as a Parent/ Carer ensure your child is safe online at home

Broadband parental controls enable you to protect your children against inappropriate sites . They usually come with several features to reduce the risk of children discovering potentially harmful content. Monitoring gives you a much clearer picture of what your child has been viewing online. Below are some links to different broadband providers that demonstrate how to activate parental controls with your home WIFI.

• Internet matters – a not-for-profit organisation set up to empower parents/carers to keep children safe in the digital world. Their support for parents includes a range of downloadable guides covering subjects such as transition to secondary school, Vlogging & livestreaming, online gaming, and cyberbullying.  https://www.internetmatters.org/about-us/vulnerable-children-in-a-digital-world-report/ 

• NSPCC - includes a range of resources to help parents/carers keep children safe when they're using the internet, social networks, apps, games and more.  https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/ 

• Parent Info - from CEOP and Parent Zone, Parent Info is a website for parents/carers covering all the issues amplified by the internet. It is a free service which helps schools engage parents/carers with expert safety advice, endorsed by the National Crime Agency’s CEOP command. This website provides expert information across a range of online harms.  https://parentzone.org.uk/ 

• Parent Zone - offers a range of resources for families, to help them meet the challenges of the digital age, including parent guides on the latest digital trends and platforms.  https://parentzone.org.uk/home 

• Common Sense Media - Independent reviews, age ratings, & other information about all types of media including games, apps, films, and books.  https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ 

• Let’s Talk About It has advice for parents/carers to keep children safe from online radicalisation.  https://actearly.uk/ 

• Childnet offers a toolkit to support parents/carers of children of any age 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   https://www.childnet.com/resources/star-sen-toolkit 

• London Grid for Learning has support for parents/carers to keep their children safe online, including tips to keep primary aged children safe online https://www.lgfl.net/safeguarding