Common use of Education and Awareness Clause in Contracts

Education and Awareness. 15.1. The School considers itself to have a central role in educating students, parents and staff in issues that may affect them in this area. The School provides a programme that raises awareness of technical and behavioural aspects of safety for students, including topics such as advice on grooming and radicalisation, exposure to material that is not appropriate to their age, the sharing of personal information, their online footprint, cyber bullying, sexting as well as the use of social media and digital communication in general. 15.2. This is delivered throughout the curriculum generally, and specifically in PSHCE and Computing and IT periods, as well as assemblies. The programme is designed to deliver information and explore issues at a level appropriate to the age of the student, and certain topics will be revisited at appropriate points in each students’ development. 15.3. This programme also includes sessions run annually at KGS School for parents/guardians, highlighting both the material that is delivered to our students, but also to assist and educate parents, so they are better informed to support their children use technology appropriately. 15.4. This policy will be published both internally on our Intranets, as well as externally on the public KGS website. Its contents will be broadcast to both students, staff and parents at least annually to raise awareness of the responsibilities of all respective parties. 15.5. On joining the School students will be asked to acknowledge their awareness of, and agreement to abide by the related student IT code of conduct, including the use of mobile devices. Similarly, staff will be asked to acknowledge their awareness of, and agreement to abide by both this policy and the Staff Code of Conduct. Any breach of these rules will result in disciplinary action.

Education and Awareness. 15.1. The School considers itself to have a central role in educating students, parents and staff in issues that may affect them in this area. The School provides a programme that raises awareness of technical and behavioural aspects of safety for students, including topics such as advice on grooming and radicalisation, exposure to material that is not appropriate to their age, the sharing of personal information, their online footprint, cyber bullying, sexting as well as the use of social media and digital communication in general. 15.2. This is delivered throughout the curriculum generally, and specifically in PSHCE and Computing and IT periods, as well as assemblies. The programme is designed to deliver information and explore issues at a level appropriate to the age of the student, and certain topics will be revisited at appropriate points in each students’ development. 15.3. This programme also includes sessions run annually annually, at KGS School all four RGS Schools for parents/guardiansguardian’s, highlighting both the material that is delivered to our students, but also to assist and educate parents, so they are better informed to support their children use technology appropriately. 15.4. This policy will be published both internally on our Intranets, as well as externally on the public KGS BSB website. Its contents will be broadcast to both students, staff and parents at least annually to raise awareness of the responsibilities of all respective parties. 15.5. On joining the School students will be asked to acknowledge their awareness of, and agreement to abide by the related student IT code of conduct, including the use of mobile devices. Similarly, staff will be asked to acknowledge their awareness of, and agreement to abide by both this policy and the Staff Code of Conduct. Any breach of these rules will result in disciplinary action.