Online e-safety useful links and information

Online Safety Links for Educators, Parents and Carers

The following links are for educational settings to explore and share as appropriate, with their communities. These sites may have leaflets, posters and other resources to share with children, parents and carers.

Please note that this list is not exhaustive and content will be updated regularly. If you think a useful site or resource is missing or if a link is broken, please contact: esafetyofficer@theeducationpeople.org.

These links will take you outside of the website. We make reasonable efforts to make sure the content available on linked websites is not defamatory or offensive. Inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement or approval by KCC of the linked website, its operator or its content nor is KCC responsible for the content of any website or web page outside of the website.

National Agencies, Helplines and Reporting Tools

• Reporting and helplines
  • Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre - report concerns to CEOP using the "Click CEOP" button
  • Virtual Global Taskforce - making the internet safer for children
  • Think U Know - resources and advice for parents, professionals, children and young people
  • Internet Watch Foundation - report illegal content online
  • Action Fraud - report consumer and online fraud
  • Childline - NSPCC Childline Service
  • Revenge Porn Helpline (NB if under 18s are involved, report to CEOP or Kent Police)
  • Stop Online Abuse - report online sexism, homophobia, biphobia and transphobia
  • Parent Port - report inappropriate content (on and offline)
  • Professionals Online Safety Helpline for professionals who work with children and young people in the UK, specifically tackling online safety concerns: helpline@saferinternet.org.uk or 0844 381 4772
  • Report Harmful Content - Provides further support to users over the age of 13 who have already submitted a report to industry regarding harmful content and would like outcomes reviewed
• Charities and support services
  • Anti-Bullying Alliance
  • NSPCC Online Safety
  • The Marie Collins Foundation - helping children abused online
  • The Lucy Faithfull Foundation - Advice, self-help and educational programmes about online abuse (including peer on peer abuse)
  • Digital Trust - Advice regarding online stalking and harassment
  • The Samaritans: Supporting Schools
  • Papyrus - Prevention of young suicide
  • Young Minds

Links for Educational Settings

Kent guidance

Please follow the Online Safety blog to receive regular updates.

• Anonymous Apps - what school’s need to know
• Engaging parents and carers in children's use of apps
• Kent Online Safety briefings for DSLs
• Online Safety Letters

General

• Safer Internet Day
• 360 safe self review tool - interactive tool from the SWGfL to help schools to review their online safety provision and to develop an action plan
• Ofcom - Ofcom frequently post research into online safety
• EU Kids Online - Research

Online safety resources from other authorities/grids

• South West Grid For Learning
• Hertfordshire Grid for Learning
• London Grid for Learning

Professional Practice Resources 

The following links include useful resources for DSLs to use and/or share with staff. Additional resources for Kent DSLs to use with staff are available through the Education Safeguarding Team.

• Kent:
  • Safer Professional Practice (PDF, 493.0 KB)
  • Policy documents
• Childnet:
  • Teachers and Technology Checklist
  • Social Media Guide for Teachers and Support Staff
  • Staff Online Safety Inset
  • Hot Topics for working with young people
  • FAQ's
• UK Safer Internet Centre:
  • Advice Centre: Teachers and school staff
  • Advice Centre: Governors and Trustees
  • Professional Reputation
  • Professional Online Safety Helpline

Useful links for parents and carers

The following content will be helpful to share with parents and carers. They may contain helpful preventative resources, useful guides and leaflets for families as well as advice for dealing with specific issues and concerns.

• Think U Know - Information from CEOP about online abuse and exploitation
• Internet Matters - Information from BT, Sky, Talk Talk and Virgin
  • Parents pack - posters, banners and presentations to use with parents
  • Digital resilience toolkits
  • Leaflets 
  • What the experts say
• Childnet - Information for parents and carers
  • Family agreements and conversation starters
  • Supporting Young People Online Leaflets
  • Keeping under fives safe online Leaflets
  • Music, TV, Film and the Internet Leaflets
  • Parents resource sheet
  • Screen time boundaries
  • Digital Wellbeing guidance
  • Critical thinking
  • Live Streaming
• UK Safer Internet Centre parents advice
• The Parent Zone - guidance for parents and professionals working with families
• Parent Info - Excellent resource to include on school/setting websites
• NSPCC Online Safety - NSPCC Online Safety advice
  • O2 and NSPCC
  • Talking to your child
• Barnardo's Follow me
• Barnardo's Be Safe guide for parents and children about sexual exploitation
• Parents Protect - Lucy Faithfull Foundation
• Get Safe Online
• Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI)
• Vodafone Digital Parenting
• EE Digital Living resources - for schools and parents and carers
• NWG and UK Safer Internet Centre leaflet: Online: Onguard - A Guide to Becoming a Safer Parent Online 
• KSCB and Trading Standards Leaflet for Parents and Carers (PDF, 221.6 KB) August 2015
• Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health - Screen Time guidance

Review Sites and Social Media Guides

• Net Aware - NSPCC reviews of 50+ popular apps and games
• Internet Matters - Safe set up guides (includes popular social media sites)
• Common Sense Media - American site which reviews websites, games etc with age suitability
• UK Safer Internet Centre
• Think U Know
• Webwise.ie

Parental Controls

• UK Safer Internet Centre: Parents guide to new technology
• UK Safer Internet Centre: Parents guide to parental controls
• Internet Matters - Safe set up guides for devices and social media apps
• NSPCC Parental Controls
• Yahoo Safety Tips
• Google Safety Center - includes family safety
• How Computers Work
• NetLingo - common online acronyms and text speak e.g. LOL, POS
• Staying safe online: parental controls on broadband

Digital Parenting Magazines - Vodafone/Parent Zone

• Vodafone Digital Parenting Issue 6
• Digital Parenting Magazine Archives (Issue 1-5)

Gaming and online video content

• Ask About Games - advice on computer gaming and parental controls
• Pegi - information about games rating
• Safer Internet Centre Gaming Resources
• NSPCC Online Games
• Parents Guide to Games
• Internet Matters - safe set up guides for gaming devices
• BBFC

Links for Foster Carers and Adoptive parents 

• Think U Know: Specific Risks 
• Think U Know: Placement Plans
• Safer Internet Centre: Advice for foster carers and adoptive parents

Resources to support parents and carers dealing with concerns

• Parent's Protect and Lucy Faithfull: What's the problem? - Family action planning tool - covers children accessing adult content, 'sexting' and downloading indecent images.

• Think U Know:
  • Worried your child is being sexually abused?
  • Worried about your child, sex and relationships?
  • Finding out your child has been sexually abused
  • Supporting a child who has been sexually abused
  • Finding out your child has done something sexually harmful
  • How to report to CEOP
  • Reporting to social media sites
• The Marie Collins Foundation - support for children and families who have experienced online abuse

• Childnet:
  • What to do if your child sees something upsetting online
  • Need help?
  • How to make a report

• NSPCC
  • Sexting
  • Online Porn
  • Video Chat and Live Streaming
• Safer Internet Centre: Need help?