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
Navigating Filtering Concerns Around School-Issued Devices
Recent concerns have been raised in the media regarding the potential for harmful content to be accessed via iPads issued…
The X Checklist – Privacy and Security Settings
The X Checklist is a practical guide designed to help individuals manage their X profiles and maintain a secure, positive…
IWF’s new tech capability accounts for thousands of additional child victims in criminal content for the first time
The new feature has been added to Intelligrade, a tool used by the IWF to accurately, and in great detail,…
StopNCII.org Wins UK IT Industry Award for Charity Project of the Year
This recognition celebrates StopNCII.org’s exceptional work in combating non-consensual intimate image (NCII) abuse.
The Online Safety Act: A Positive Step with Room for Improvement
The UKSIC continues to welcome the Act’s potential however, we continue to see areas where the legislation could do more…
Official, free resources for Safer Internet Day 2025 are now live
With just three months to go until Safer Internet Day on 11th February 2025 – the official resources of the…
UK Safer Internet Centre Publishes Sextortion Report
The UK Safer Internet Centre has published a new report examining sextortion cases on SWGfL’s Revenge Porn Helpline from August…
More people exposed to AI child sexual abuse images and videos on the clear web – warns the Internet Watch Foundation
In the past six months, the Internet Watch Foundation has seen a 6% increase in the number of reports confirmed…
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