Online Safety
If parents/carers are ever concerned about their child's online safety at home, please speak to your child's class teacher in the first instance.
At St. Mary's we are committed to ensuring pupils understand the importance of staying safe online - both inside and outside of school. We also want to support parents with this important job at home.
Online Safety at school:
Every year, each class has a series of lessons on Online Safety. We also actively support Safer Internet Day each year, which is promoted by the UK Safer Internet Centre. Please see the end of the page for information on Safer Internet Day 2021.
Please see our Online Safety curriculum overview below:
Online Safety at home:
We regularly send home Online Safety information to support parents. A list of useful websites and documents can be found here:
General Information:
'What I wish my parents or carers knew....' A guide for parents and carers on children's digital lives. This guide has been written with direct input from children and young people and is designed to make difficult conversations easier and more regular.
NSPCC guidance on children, mobile phones and online safety: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/children-phones-online-safety/
The UK Government's 'Kids Online Safety' campaign to help parents and carers support their child to navigate the digital world safely and confidently: https://kidsonlinesafety.campaign.gov.uk/
https://saferinternet.org.uk/guide-and-resource/parents-and-carers
www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/
www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers
Parenting in a Digital World: Booklet for Parents/Carers
Protecting Children Online - A Leaflet for Parents/Carers
Online Safety: Digital Dictionary
Parent Factsheet: 10 tips to stay safe online
Bedfordshire Police - Parent Internet Safety Handout
E-safety Information for Parents
Keeping Your Child Safe on the Internet
Online Safety Suggestions for Parents of Young Children
Cyber Flashing - Information for Parents.Carers
10 tips to help your child stay safe online - parent factsheet
Your childs screen time - parent guide
Scary Challenges Online - What Parents Need to Know to Keep Children Safe
Apps.Programmes and Games Information:
Roblox New Parental Controls: May 2025
July 2022: Snapchat Parent Factsheet
TikTok Privacy and Safety checklist
The following resources, below, have been created by the Police Digital Security Centre, in collaboration with Child Safe VPN:
Information Sheets:
Cyberbullying Information Sheet
Tips on New Devices Information Sheet
Tips on Online Safety Information Sheet
Social Media Information Sheet
Potentially Dangerous Apps for Children Information Sheet 1
Potentially Dangerous Apps for Children Information Sheet 2
Guides:
Privacy Settings:
Parental Controls:
Parental Controls - Family Sharing - TikTok
Useful online stories on Online Safety for Parents/Carers to share with their Children:
For ages 3-7:
For ages 4 and above:
Safer Internet Day: February
Safer Internet Day is a global campaign to promote the safe and responsible use of technology, which calls on young people, parents, carers, teachers, social workers, law enforcement, companies, policymakers and more, to join together in helping to create a better internet.
Using the internet safely and positively is a key message that we promote at St. Mary’s and celebrating Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity for us to re-emphasise the online safety messages we deliver throughout the year.
Please support us by continuing the conversation about Online Safety at home.
Resources which you may find helpful in supporting your child online are:
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Tips, advice and guides for parents and carers from the UK Safer Internet Centre
(saferinternet.org.uk/parents)
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Advice for parents and carers from Childnet (childnet.com/parents-and-carers)
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Reviews and information about games, apps, TV shows and websites from
Common Sense Media (commonsense.org)
- Help on using parental controls and privacy settings from Internet Matters
(internetmatters.org./controls)
- Information and reporting of online grooming or sexual abuse from CEOP (ceop.police.uk)
Online safety is an important issue which as a school we’re committed to teaching our pupils about.
If you have any concerns or questions about keeping your child safe online, please do get in touch with your child’s Class Teacher in the first instance.
