Guides and resources
Teachers and school staff
Educators, social workers and other professionals working with children and young people play a key role in supporting children to learn about how to stay safe online.
It is our experience that this is best achieved by embedding online safety across the curriculum or the work of the organisation, through a framework of effective policies and routes for reporting concerns such as cyberbullying. As well as supporting young people to stay safe online, staff also need to protect their own online reputation, particularly when using social networking sites.
Teaching resources
Lesson plans, resources, guidance, all the information you need to teach online safety in the classroom.
Curriculum planning
Developing a progressive online safety curriculum in your school using some of our resources and tools.
Online safety training sessions
The UK Safer Internet Centre offers a range of online safety training sessions for school staff, the children’s workforce, children…
Professional reputation
Advice about protecting your reputation while using social media and technology both personally and professionally.
Online safety policy
Tools and guidance to help you develop and evaluate your online safety policies.
Appropriate Filtering and Monitoring
Guide for education settings and filtering providers about establishing ‘appropriate levels’ of filtering and monitoring.
Helpful articles
Impersonation and Scamming Alerts Introduced on Instagram
Instagram has rolled out a new feature aimed at enhancing user awareness regarding potential suspicious activities and impersonation attempts.
Professionals Online Safety Helpline Publishes Online Reputation Guidance
The Professionals Online Safety Helpline has released new guidance to support schools with online reputation concerns.
Join the Childnet Youth Advisory board to make a difference online
Want to know more about the Youth Advisory Board and what you have to do to get involved – just…
Children are using AI to create nudes, warns new report from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
A report from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) warns that children are using AI apps designed to…
Sextortion report of boys increase as IWF announces record amount of cases
The Internet Watch Foundation has reported a heartbreaking eightfold increase in the number of sextortion cases.
SWGfL Launches ProjectEVOLVE EDU – Online Training for Educators
ProjectEVOLVE EDU is a new professional development platform focusing on digital literacy and online safety for educators.
StopNCII.org Nominated for Award
StopNCII.org has been nominated for a prestigious WSIS prize for 2024 in the Action Line C9 Media category
How offenders abuse privacy apps – latest podcast episode from the IWF
Predators are using end-to-end encrypted messaging apps to contact children and distribute criminal material, warns new research.
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