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
Meta Announces Tools to Help Protect Against Sextortion and Intimate Image Abuse
Meta has announced new tools being tested to protect young people and adults from intimate image abuse.
New feedback feature for UK Safer Internet Centre website
This new feature is there for users to rate our guidance and articles to see how much value the information…
Reports to Report Harmful Content rise by 31% in 2023
Report Harmful Content has published its latest data from 2023, giving new insights into how the service supported people across…
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…
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