Online Safety
Low Ash’s Online Safety Leader is Mr. Dan Hurst (DHT and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead) and he is supported by our Designated Safeguarding Lead, Mrs Carmel Spedding.
Here are a selection of excellent resources to inform you about Online safety.
Online safety starts early
This site provides lots of information on how to keep younger children safe online and to create healthy habits.
https://saferinternet.org.uk/ Lots of resources to ensure that children stay safe online
http://www.internetmatters.org/ – this website can be used to show you how to set up parental controls on different devices around the home such as games consoles, smart TVs, tablets and mobile phones.
Parental Controls & Privacy Settings Guides – Internet Matters/– Direct link to the parental control section of Internet Matters.
Childnet — Online safety for young people has different sections for children and adults. Includes information about setting parental controls on home devices etc
www.thinkuknow.co.uk – resources and information for children, young people and their families.
Gaming – what’s appropriate for your child? (thinkuknow.co.uk) –this site will help you find out what’s suitable and what’s not
Parental Controls & Filtering Advice | Vodafone – guide to setting up parental controls
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ – gives general information on Online Safety but also provides reviews of games and films so that you can consider whether they are appropriate for your child.
https://www.virginmedia.com/blog/online-safety/childrens-internet-safety-test – Virgin Media O2 want internet users of all ages to enjoy all the wonderful things the web has to offer, safely. That’s why their experts have created a children’s internet safety test to help build awareness for parents and children of all ages to ensure they are better protected online.
Online Safety newsletters and guidance
Mental Health and Wellbeing Contacts and Resources
Wake Up Wednesday staying-safe-around-water
Wake Up Wednesday ai-enabled-scams
Wake Up Wednesday nintendo-switch-2
Wake Up Wednesday youtube-kids-2025
Wake Up Wednesday generative-ai-safety
Online Safety Newsletter June 2025
Wake Up Wednesday violent-content-online
Wake Up Wednesday minecraft-2025
Online Safety Newsletter May 2025
Essential phone settings guide – April 2025 – Screen-safe ltd
Wake Up Wednesday making-friends-online
Internet-Matters-Gaming-Guide-to-support-young-people
Online Safety Newsletter April 2025
Wake Up Wednesday Using technology to boost reading skills
Online Safety Newsletter March 2025
Wake Up Wednesday Marvel-rivals
Wake Up Wednesday whatsapp-2025
Wake Up Wednesday Online relationships and dating apps
Wake Up Wednesday Fake news and scams
Online Safety Newsletter February 2025
Wake Up Wednesday Health and fitness apps
Online Safety Newsletter January 2025
Wake Up Wednesday Justalk-kids
Online Safety Newsletter March 24
Online Safety Newsletter April 24
Online Safety Newsletter May 24
Online Safety Newsletter June 24
Online Safety Newsletter July 24
Online Safety Newsletter September 24
Online Safety Newsletter October 24
Online Safety Newsletter November 24
Online Safety Newsletter December 24
Ofcom report 2024 – what can parents and educators learn?
Wake Up Wednesday Final-Fantasy
Wake Up Wednesday Horror films and age ratings
Wake Up Wednesday Safety over the festive season
Wake Up Wednesday Top tips for safety on social media
Project Evolve
We use Project Evolve to plan our Online Safety Teaching. The long term plan below shows what might be covered in each year group, however the teaching for the year is very much dependent on the pupils’ knowledge and the initial baseline assessment which is done in each class.
An example of a baseline assessment can be seen below. This is then used to plan the year’s teaching.
