E-Safety

E-Safety is the responsibility of the whole school community, and everyone has their part to play in ensuring all members of the community are able to benefit from the opportunities that technology provides for learning and teaching.

All staff and pupils who access IT within school or remotely must agree to the acceptable use policy. They will respect the feelings, rights, values and intellectual property of others in their use of technology in school and at home. Pupils will be taught how to use technology safely and responsibly. Use of IT within school and remotely is monitored and filtered using SmoothWall.

Parents/Carers should discuss safe use of technology with their children and monitor their use. We strongly recommend the installation of parental control apps on pupil’s phones that restrict access to harmful websites, limit screen time and prevent the phones from being used while at school. Details of how to do this can be found below.

For further information about keeping children safe online we recommend that all parents/carers read this information from the NSPCC and the Safer Internet Centre

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/

https://saferinternet.org.uk/