Online Safety. See the schools Online Safety Policy for more detailed information and understanding on online safety, our internet filtering and monitoring, mobile phone and camera safety polices, acceptable use policies and codes of conducts. Online-safety risks are traditionally categorised as one of the 3 Cs: Content, Contact or Conduct. Many of the new risks are mentioned in KCSIE 2021, e.g. extra-familial xxxxx where children are at risk of abuse or exploitation to multiple xxxxx in situations outside their families including sexual exploitation, criminal exploitation, serious youth violence and upskirting. Children are specifically taught about safe use of the internet. Our policy is not to block everything and only allow children access to certain sites – they need to be taught what is acceptable and what is unacceptable, and what to do when they feel ‘uncomfortable’. When children use the school's network to access the internet, they are protected from inappropriate content by our filtering and monitoring systems. Children at school are unable to access the internet on their own devices using their own data plan whilst at school as all personal devices are turned off before entering the school site and kept with a member of staff for the duration of school time. When in school to minimise inappropriate internet use, pupils are supervised and guided carefully when engaged in learning activities involving online technology. Online safety education is embedded within the curriculum and pupils are taught how to use online technology safely and responsibly. We encourage parents to also monitor and supervise their children whilst using the internet at home. As part of a broad and balanced curriculum, all pupils will be made aware of online risks and taught how to stay safe online. Through training, all staff members will be made aware of the following: • Pupil attitudes and behaviours which may indicate that they are at risk of potential harm online. • The procedure to follow when they have a concern regarding a pupil’s online activity. The school will ensure that the use of filtering and monitoring systems does not cause ‘over blocking’ which may lead to unreasonable restrictions as to what pupils can be taught regarding online teaching. As schools increasingly work online, it is essential that children are safeguarded from potentially harmful and inappropriate online material, including when they are online at home. Appropriate filters and appropriate monitoring syst...
Online Safety. The Online Safety Act 2023 received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023 and contains a range of measures intended to improve online safety in the UK, including duties on platforms about having systems and processes in place to manage harmful and illegal content on their sites. The aim is to keep internet users safe from fraudulent and other potentially harmful content and prevent children from accessing damaging material. The Act is intended to keep pace with emerging technologies and will regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated content in much the same way that it does content created by humans
Online Safety. 1. You must never reveal personal details about yourself or other people online, such as address or telephone number.
Online Safety. In accordance with the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA, see also below), St. Xxxxxxx Protomartyr School filters internet content to prevent children and adults from accessing obscene and pornographic images, as well as other harmful materials. The school has taken precautions to eliminate any access to controversial or objectionable resources and materials. However, due to the nature of technology, the school is unable to totally ensure that no students could possibly access such material in the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the school is not responsible for materials acquired on the internet. St. Xxxxxxx Protomartyr School makes every good faith effort to comply with state and federal laws regarding student online activity and privacy, including COPPA and CIPA.
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Online Safety. The use of technology has become a significant component of many safeguarding issues. Child sexual exploitation; radicalisation; sexual predation- technology often provides the platform that facilitates harm. An effective approach to online safety empowers a school or college to protect and educate the whole school or college community in their use of technology and establishes mechanisms to identify, intervene and escalate any incident where appropriate. The breadth of issues classified within online safety is considerable, but can be categorised into three areas of risk: content: being exposed to illegal, inappropriate or harmful material contact: being subjected to harmful online interaction with other users conduct: personal online behaviour that increases the likelihood of, or causes, harm Filters and monitoring Governing bodies and proprietors should be doing all that they reasonably can to limit children’s exposure to the above risks from the school or colleges IT system. As part of this process governing bodies and proprietors should ensure their school has appropriate filters and monitoring systems in place. Whilst considering their responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, and provide them a safe environment in which to learn, governing bodies and proprietors should consider the age range of their pupils, the number of pupils, how often they access the school’s IT system and the proportionality of costs Vs risks. The appropriateness of any filters and monitoring systems will be informed in part by the risk assessment required by the Prevent Duty. The UK Safer Internet Centre has published guidance as to what “appropriate” might look like: xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/advice-and-resources/teachers-and-professionals/appropriate-filtering- and-monitoring Guidance on e-security is available from the National Education Network-NEN. Whilst filtering and monitoring are an important part of the online safety picture for schools and colleges to consider, it is only one part. Governors and proprietors should consider a whole school approach to online safety. This will include a clear policy on the use of mobile technology in the school and the schools’ mobile phone policy, AUPs etc. Many children have unlimited and unrestricted access to the internet via 3G and 4G in particular and the schools will carefully consider and frequently review how this is managed on their premises. A nominated contact from Open Air and within t...
Online Safety. We have a preventative curriculum in place designed to enable our pupils to use the online world safely and responsibly. Children all work with their teachers at the start of the year to sign 'pupil user agreements' relating to their online conduct. Where concerns are raised, even if these are out of school, we have a responsibility as a school to manage and support with these. xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/safeguarding/online-safety/ Healthy Eating At the end of last year, we were awarded the 'Healthy Schools' mark alongside the 'Gold School Games' mark. This supports our work in encouraging healthy lifestyles. We continue to ask families to support us through this by choosing healthy snacks and lunch boxes. xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/parents/health Communication with the school If you need to address an issue with the school, for the majority of instances, you should contact your child's class teacher. If an issue is not resolved and further communications are needed, please contact Xxx Xxxxxxxx (regarding SEN needs) and Xxx Xxxx (regarding safeguarding or behaviour needs). There will of course be times when you feel it is most appropriate to contact one of our senior leaders in the first instance. Please could we ask that communication to the school comes via email rather than ClassDojo. Staff will endeavour to respond with 2 working days unless the message requires greater urgency. xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/our-school/staff/ Attendance and Punctuality You will have seen recently in the news that attendance remains a national concern following the pandemic. Persistent absence (greater than 10%) is of a particular concern. The school has a responsibility to discuss with parents when we have concerns regarding attendance or punctuality. Holiday during term time, unless in exceptional circumstances, will not be authorised by the school. xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/parents/attendance Finances The school is very conscious of difficulties many families are facing financially and continue to explore options for keeping any voluntary donations for trips etc. to a minimum. If you feel your child might be entitled to receive pupil premium funding at the school, forms are available at the link below: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/statutory-info/pupil-premium/ Safe Parking As we start the new year, we remind everyone to park safely and respectfully. In particular, nobody should park on white zigzag lines in front of the school or in the bus stop where pupi...
